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creepypastas

creepypastas is the plural of creepypasta.

Meaning of creepypasta

Noun

creepypasta (countable and uncountable, plural creepypastas)

  1. (Internet) 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

Questions about creepypastas

What is creepypastas the plural of?
Creepypastas is the plural of creepypasta.

Words near creepypastas in the dictionary

  1. creepy-crawlies
  2. creepy-crawly
  3. creepy-peepies
  4. creepy-peepy
  5. creepypasta
  6. creepypastas
  7. Creer
  8. Creers
  9. Crees
  10. creese
  11. creesed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: creepypastas (page history and authors); creepypasta (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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