cutter and paster
English
editNoun
editcutter and paster (plural cutters and pasters)
- (informal, journalism) An 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.
- 1959, American Comparative Literature Association et al, Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature[1], page 75:
- 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...
- (informal, computing) Anyone 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.