It's like CutAndPasteReuse except that you don't destroy the original. Since destroying the original is not what you usually do anyway, CopyAndPasteReuse is the right wording to refer to what an other less precise (did I say fussy?) person does without taking care. Did you feel like I was lecturing you? Good! I was ;-) ---- See also: DuplicatedCode, CopyAndPasteProgramming CategoryReuse