depeditate /dee-ped'*-tayt/ n.
[by (faulty) analogy with
`decapitate'] Humorously, to cut off the feet of. When one is
using some computer-aided typesetting tools, careless placement of
text blocks within a page or above a rule can result in chopped-off
letter descenders. Such letters are said to have been depeditated.
[by (faulty) analogy with
`decapitate'] Humorously, to cut off the feet of. When one is
using some computer-aided typesetting tools, careless placement of
text blocks within a page or above a rule can result in chopped-off
letter descenders. Such letters are said to have been depeditated.
Related:
- depeditate: /dee-ped'*-tayt/ [by (faulty) analogy with
`decapitate'] vt.
Humorously, to cut off the feet of. When one is ... - talk mode n.
A feature supported by Unix, ITS, and some
other OSes that allows two or more logged-in users to set up a
real-time on-line conversation.
It combines the immediacy of talking with all the... - Campbell's First Law of Automotive Repair: If you can get to the
faulty part,
you won't have the tool to get it off... - squirrelcide n.
[common on Usenet's comp.risks
newsgroup.] (alt.
`squirrelicide') What all too frequently happens ... - You can tell you're pushing a new frontier when all
available tools are inappropriate."
-
Rule 157 "There's glory in using inappropriate tools... - miswart /mis-wort/ n.
[from wart by analogy with
misbug] A feature that superficially appears to be a
wart but has been determined to be the Right Thing.
For example, in some versions of the EMACS text... - boa [IBM] n.
Any one of the fat cables that lurk under the
floor in a dinosaur pen.
Possibly so called because they display a ferocious... - boa: [IBM] n. Any one of the fat cables that lurk under the floor
in a {dinosaur pen}.
Possibly so called because they display a ferocious... - HAKMEM /hak'mem/ n.
MIT AI Memo 239 (February 1972).
A legendary collection of neat mathematical and...
