Usage of the word can be traced back to an anonymous 4chan thread from 2006,[2][3] and Merriam-Webster record it appearing on Usenet and Urban Dictionary for the first time that year.
[4] Although more than likely written as a joke, in 2019 the copypasta appeared in the alleged manifesto of Brenton Tarrant, the perpetrator of the Christchurch mosque shootings, causing some news sources to report the claims at face value.
Use of the Bee Movie's script as a copypasta began in 2013, when users posted it onto websites such as Reddit and Tumblr,[6] and it was popularized when edits of the film were first uploaded to YouTube in late 2016.
[7] "A drive into deep left field by Castellanos" is a quote from Thom Brennaman, an American sports commentator for the Major League Baseball team the Cincinnati Reds.
The quote and copypasta originated during a broadcast of a game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Kansas City Royals on 19 August 2020, when Brennaman uttered a homophobic slur on a hot mic.