from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
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.
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
depeditate
/dee-ped'*-tayt/ [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.
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