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copypasto

copypasto is the alternative spelling of copy-pasto.

Meaning of copy-pasto

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)

Forms of copypasto

pluralcopypastos

Questions about copypasto

What is copypasto the alternative spelling of?
Copypasto is the alternative spelling of copy-pasto.

Words near copypasto in the dictionary

  1. copypastas
  2. copypaste
  3. copypasted
  4. copypastes
  5. copypasting
  6. copypasto
  7. copypastos
  8. copyread
  9. copyreader
  10. copyreaders
  11. copyreading

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