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Cut-up Laboratory While computer - based cut-up engines are great for randomly shuffling text, they do not facilitate the essential second step of cut-up composition: intentional reordering. In a paper-and-scissors cut-up session, you can quickly reorder the words without having to use the cut, copy and paste commands of a word processor application. In other words, for cut-up composition, the the paper-and-scissors interface is actually better. The text area on this page provides input to a server application which will construct a paper - based cut-up simulation : a screen presenting a random reordering of the submitted words in which the words may be dragged around the screen. Type or paste your input text here: