creepypasta
UK/ˈkɹiːpiˌpæstə//ˈkɹipiˌpɑstə/
creepypasta noun: frightening urban legends and short stories in the horror genre, circulated on the Internet.
Noun
creepypasta (countable and uncountable, plural creepypastas)
- Frightening urban legends and short stories in the horror genre, circulated on the Internet.
- The video is part of a growing phenomenon making its way around message boards and e-mail chains called “creepypasta” — bite-sized bits of scariness that have joined the unending list of things-to-do-when-you’re-bored-at-work. […] Most creepypasta manufacture their own authenticity.2010 November 14, “Bored at Work? Try Creepypasta, or Web Scares”, in The New York Times, Austin Considine, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2022
- The game was born from the familiar 'Slenderman' image, which you may or may not be familiar with from internet memes and creepypasta horror stories.2012 September 14, Kaz Scattergood, “Spooked by Slender, Fuse (Sheffield Students' Union)”, in magazine, volume 9, number 49, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2023, page 2
creepypasta meaning in Arabic
creepypasta in Arabic
- Translations
- كَرِيبِيبَاسْتَا karībībāstā
Examples of creepypasta in a sentence
- "[…] Listen to the nineteen personal creepypasta-style stories to piece together the mysterious events of that fateful night in 1898, when twelve orphans simply… disappeared!"2013 September, “Huntsman: The Orphanage”, in Adventure Lantern, number 46, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2023, page 7:
- The eerie “Lavender Town” theme has infiltrated the nightmares of an entire generation of children and has even inspired one of the most well known “creepypastas” on the Internet.2013 November 14, Joey Dussault, “The 10 Best Original Soundtracks In The Gaming World”, in Tastemakers Magazine (Northeastern University)...
Forms of creepypasta
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Origin of creepypasta
Blend of creepy + copypasta. Originated from 4chan’s /x/ (paranormal) board sometime around 2006.
Words that rhyme with creepypasta
Questions about creepypasta
- What does creepypasta mean?
- Creepypasta means frightening urban legends and short stories in the horror genre, circulated on the Internet.
- What is creepypasta in Arabic?
- Creepypasta in Arabic is كَرِيبِيبَاسْتَا (karībībāstā). See Creepypasta meaning in Arabic.
- How do you use creepypasta in a sentence?
- "[…] Listen to the nineteen personal creepypasta-style stories to piece together the mysterious events of that fateful night in 1898, when twelve orphans simply… disappeared!"
- What part of speech is creepypasta?
- Creepypasta is a noun.
- How do you pronounce creepypasta?
- Creepypasta is pronounced /ˈkɹiːpiˌpæstə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of creepypasta?
- The plural of creepypasta is creepypastas.
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