pastebin

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noun

A website allowing users to paste and store plain text, so that they can refer to it with a simple hyperlink rather than having to paste the entire text elsewhere.

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Meanings

nounpastebin (plural pastebins)

plural pastebins

  1. InternetA website allowing users to paste and store plain text, so that they can refer to it with a simple hyperlink rather than having to paste the entire text elsewhere.

    Some pastebins even include syntax highlighting for common programming languages. This can be an appealing advantage when constructing an email with source code in it, or multiple attached log files, […]

    2015, Ernesto Damiani, Fulvio Frati, Dirk Riehle, Open Source Systems: Adoption and Impact
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    For example, if you're stuck with a piece of code or you just want to show off how awesome something you wrote is, then you can paste it into the pastebin and it will give you a link to share with other people. Pastebins usually have built-in […]

    2013, Callum Macrae, Learning from jQuery, page 100

Origin

From paste + bin.

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APA

pastebin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pastebin

MLA

“pastebin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pastebin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pastebin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pastebin.

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