copy-pasto

English

Alternative forms

• copypasto, copy/pasto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

copy-pasto (plural copy-pastos)

1. (computing, slang) An error caused by incorrect copy-pasting, often resulting in unintended text (or other content) being inserted.

   Coordinate terms: clicko, scanno, speako, spello, thinko, typo, writo

   • 2010 May 27, Jung-uk Kim, “Re: Timezone behavior of Java”, in mailing.freebsd.java‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Sorry, copy-pasto. This line was moved few lines up to here by my evil mouse. :-(

   • 2014 January 6, Kent R. Spillner, “Re: new login style: yubikey-and-pwd”, in fa.openbsd.tech‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Haven't tested your latest diff, but I think you have a copy-pasto here (", cnt").

Related terms

• copypasta
• creepypasta