cutter and paster

plural cutters and pasters

1. informaljournalismAn editor who cuts and pastes or copies and pastes text, stories, pictures, etc. to be published.

   She's a great cutter and paster; she can get half the magazine done in a week.

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   The editor as cutter and paster has brought together an unpretentious assemblage of literary elements: a chronological survey of Latin (what is it? ' writings', or 'readings'? literature, history, apologetics? satire...

   1959, American Comparative Literature Association et al, Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature, page 75

2. informalcomputingAnyone who copies text from one source and pastes it to another, using a computer.

   Zack is a keen cutter and paster; he likes grabbing headlines from political and entertainment sites and posting them on his page.