creepypasta

Etymology
After the pattern of, substituting for copy. Originated from 4chan’s /x/ (paranormal) board sometime around 2007.

Noun

 * 1)  Frightening urban legends and short stories in the horror genre, circulated on the Internet.

Hypernyms

 * scarelore

Translations

 * Esperanto: timigenhavo
 * Macedonian: крипипа́ста
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: creepypasta

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