A word created for technical writers, a contraction of "copy and paste", while in the present tense this contraction is useless, it is better applied when the verb is in an alternative tense such as the past tense: "copasted" versus "copied and pasted". Also is helpful when in the future tense: "will copaste" as opposed to "will copy and paste".
by robert.whittlesey August 11, 2004