Creepypasta

Quick meaning: Creepypasta is a noun meaning (Internet slang) Frightening urban legends and short stories in the horror genre, circulated on the Internet.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

The game was born from the familiar 'Slenderman' image, which you may or may not be familiar with from internet memes and creepypasta horror stories.

"[…] Listen to the nineteen personal creepypasta-style stories to piece together the mysterious events of that fateful night in 1898, when twelve orphans simply… disappeared!"

The eerie “Lavender Town” theme has infiltrated the nightmares of an entire generation of children and has even inspired one of the most well known “creepypastas” on the Internet.

The video is part of a growing phenomenon making its way around message boards and e-mail chains called “creepypasta” — bite-sized bits of scariness that have joined the unending list of things-to-do-when-you’re-bored-at-work. […] Most creepypasta manufacture their own authenticity.

Word Forms

• creepypastas

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