Definition
The act of duplicating content (text, code, images) from one location and inserting it in another without significant modification; often used negatively to imply lazy, unoriginal work.
Example Usage
The contractor's design was just copy paste from three different template websites.
Origin
Derived from the standard 'copy' and 'paste' keyboard commands (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V on Windows; Cmd+C, Cmd+V on Mac) that emerged in digital interfaces in the 1980s.
Fun Fact
The copy-paste function revolutionized digital work but also became a symbol of intellectual laziness and plagiarism in the digital age.
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