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Copypasta
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Copypasta is basically a meme in the form of an excerpt of text, usually about a paragraph. It is usually copy-pasted identically (hence the name) or with slight permutations so as to be immediately recognizable to readers. It is not a fandom-specific term, but copypasta may emerge from or catch on in specific fandoms.
Non-fannish example: Wikipedia:Copypasta#Navy Seal
Fannish Examples
- The opening paragraph of My Immortal (fandom: Harry Potter, technically, but My Immortal is basically it's own fandom at this point)
- "Cock is one of my favorite tastes" (fandom: John Green, or really Tumblr more generally) (2015)
- Amazing New Mexico Sunset (fandom: Fall Out Boy) (2020)
- Lesbian Billionaires Hoax (Fandom: Kpop) (2019)
- "I am a jaded teenage girl" Tasha (Total Drama fan) (2015)[1]
- The Undertake copypasta (Fandom: WWE Wrestling) (2017)[2]
- "Why would ask us, a Narnia blog, this" (Fandom: Tumblr) (2015)
- Leitner Rant (fandom: The Magnus Archives) (2020s?)
- "bröther may i have some öats" (fandom: 4chan) (2016?)[3]