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cut-and-paste, a. and n.
Brit. |ˌkʌt(ə)n(d)ˈpeɪst|, U.S. |ˌkətənˈpeɪst|
[‹ to cut and paste at cut v. Additions.]
A. adj. Involving or relating to the cutting and pasting of printed material, or (Computing) the ‘cut’ and ‘paste’ functions on a computer; (more generally) assembled from an assortment of elements. Hence also: quick and expedient; perfunctory. Cf. to cut and paste at cut v. Additions.
1937W. M. Lamers & M. E. Smith Making of Speaker 111 If he has written his findings on sheets of paper, he might use the cut and paste method. 1975Washington Post 19 Mar. b4/2 As an event, it was strictly of the cut-and-paste variety. 1979Which Computer? Dec. 42/3 Text movements..are controlled by ‘cut and paste’ buffers which provide 25 text storage locations. 1984InfoWorld (Nexis) 3 Sept. 46 The artist can smear colors, change human complexions, and perform a range of cut-and-paste functions. 1991C. Paglia in Sex, Art, & Amer. Culture (1992) 97 It is basically a cut-and-paste job, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, gay gossip,..undigested quotes from other books, and fulsome praise of prominent academics. 1994Impact Oct. 43/1 The mood of this one-time, all-day event was decidedly more cut-and-paste than that of the annual alterno-fest, with the crowd divided down the middle. 2005Hotdog Dec. 133/2 There's a decent cut-and-paste commentary with all the living principals.
B. n. The action or process of cutting and pasting printed material, text, etc.; (Computing) the function which enables this; the use of this function.
1980Which Word Processor? May 65 Text II has..all WP features: justifications, insertions, full cut and paste, etc. 1980Eng. Jrnl. 69 44 (title) Cut-and-paste and other revision activities. Scissors and scotch tape are as essential to a writer as a hammer is to a carpenter. 1990Linguist 29 186 (advt.) Standard version supports major European languages... Automatic cut and paste (major word processors) etc. 2003Family Circle 13 May 18/1 Scrapbooking. The art of cut and paste is a national craze. 2007Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 30 Sept. a17 No formal policy regarding drag-and-drop or cut-and-paste had ever been adopted. |