Copy Pasta

Noun · Slang & Abbreviations

Definitions

  1. A joking term for copied and pasted code or text, often used when duplication has become obvious or embarrassing. In engineering slang, copy pasta can be harmless during prototyping and dangerous when duplicated bugs spread quietly.

    In plain English: Copied and pasted code or text, usually mentioned jokingly.

    Example: "The auth bug existed in four services because the original helper had become copy pasta long before anyone treated it like shared logic."

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