Antedating of "creepypasta"

[Hugo]

"creepypasta" (ATNW: 6 July 2007)

("Among the New Words" devoted to Internet memes (American Speech, Vol. 86, No. 4, Winter 2011, pp. 454-479)
http://www.academia.edu/1231435/_Among_the_New_Words_American_Speech_Vol._86_No._4_Winter_2011_pp._454-479_ )

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16 December 2006, Gaia Online:

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Copypasta stories. (Creepypasta, paste your stories!)
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http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=7004675&page=1

10 pages' worth were pasted, the last in September 2008.

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Hugo

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