A **copypasta** is a block of text which is copied and pasted across the Internet by individuals through online forums and social networking websites. Copypastas are said to be similar to spam.\[1\]

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## History

The word “copypasta” was first used on Usenet groups in 2006

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### Etymology

The term “copypasta” is derived from the computer term “copy/paste”, and can be traced back to an anonymous 4chan imageboard from 2006.

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### Navy Seal

The Navy Seal copypasta is a lengthy, comically written, aggressive attack paragraph against a “kiddo”, written in the voice of the stereotypical “tough guy”, listing absurd accomplishments such as having “over 300 confirmed kills” and being “trained in gorilla \[*sic*\] warfare”. This copypasta is often reposted as a humorous overreaction to an insult and is thought to have originated in a post on a 4chan message board from 11 November 2010.

 ### Bee Movie

*Main article:* *Bee Movie § Internet popularity*

The *Bee Movie* copypasta dates back to 2013 where users would post the entire script of the *Bee Movie* onto websites such as Reddit and Tumblr.\[5\] This was popularised around the time when edits of the film were first being posted and popularized on YouTube in late 2016.\[6\]



## See also

📷Look up ***copypasta*** in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

* Creepypasta
* Faxlore
* Running gag