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Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Ctrl-V.
Examples
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Engaging with a copypasta troll is futile, since the extent of its capabilities is Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V.
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I probably use it more than normal Ctrl-V paste nowadays.
Create A Hotkey To Paste Plain Text In Microsoft Word | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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At last. ... gknauss Crtl-V: Man, that Anil Dash guy is just a complete bastar -- theonetogoto Okay, everybody, it's Ctrl-V time!
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Jon shuffles meekly onto the stage, clearly uncomfortable, barel ... fauverism Ctrl-V (Shitting a brick) jacklail ATLANTA (AP) _ People who sleep fewer than six hours a night -- or more than nine -- are more likely to be obese. jbrotherlove my last Ctrl-V = are you a good kisser jeffarena and by kick butt, i mean getting stomped by 12yr olds online. kenlotich sootiest
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I can understand why people might not want to go Alt-T-O to get to the Options dialog, but Ctrl-V for Paste has been in Windows more or less from the beginning, and virtually every application supports it.
Half the world won’t use keyboard shortcuts | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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I try to get onto th joeks "Stop tainting the waste stream with pieces of wood and old underwear!" lowery a chewy malbec mattl Ctrl-V: the freedom to wear shoes whenever your pinky toes are not hooked up to transcutaneous electrodes miketempleton orange_botline skampy - AIM IM with zoestoe.
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Another very handy trick is to first highlight the entire message you're about to send (press Ctrl-A), then copy it (press Ctrl-C) so that if Google does eat your time-consuming message, you can still repaste it (by pressing Ctrl-V) into the commentbox again or by saving it in a file for a later attempt.
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A particularly telling statistic: when it came to pasting, the market was almost exactly divided between people who used the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl-V) and people who preferred right-clicking with their mouse and selecting Paste from the drop down.
Half the world won’t use keyboard shortcuts | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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I probably use it more than normal Ctrl-V paste nowadays.
Create A Hotkey To Paste Plain Text In Microsoft Word | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I can understand why people might not want to go Alt-T-O to get to the Options dialog, but Ctrl-V for Paste has been in Windows more or less from the beginning, and virtually every application supports it.
Half the world won’t use keyboard shortcuts | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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