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copy-pasto

copy-pasto noun: an error caused by incorrect copy-pasting, often resulting in unintended text (or other content) being inserted.

Noun

copy-pasto (plural copy-pastos)

  1. (slang) An error caused by incorrect copy-pasting, often resulting in unintended text (or other content) being inserted.
    • Sorry, copy-pasto. This line was moved few lines up to here by my evil mouse. :-(2010 May 27, Jung-uk Kim, “Re: Timezone behavior of Java”, in mailing.freebsd.java (Usenet)
    • Haven't tested your latest diff, but I think you have a copy-pasto here (", cnt").2014 January 6, Kent R. Spillner, “Re: new login style: yubikey-and-pwd”, in fa.openbsd.tech (Usenet)

Forms of copy-pasto

pluralcopy-pastos
alternative formcopypasto
alternative formcopy/pasto

Origin of copy-pasto

From copy-paste + -o, on the model of typo (“typographical error”).

Questions about copy-pasto

What does copy-pasto mean?
Copy-pasto means an error caused by incorrect copy-pasting, often resulting in unintended text (or other content) being inserted.
What part of speech is copy-pasto?
Copy-pasto is a noun.
What is the plural of copy-pasto?
The plural of copy-pasto is copy-pastos.

Words near copy-pasto in the dictionary

  1. copy-pasted
  2. copy-paster
  3. copy-pasters
  4. copy-pastes
  5. copy-pasting
  6. copy-pasto
  7. copy-pastos
  8. copy-protected
  9. copy.
  10. copy/paste
  11. copy/pasteable

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