meeces

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

meeces
 /mees'@z/, n.

   [TMRC] Occasional furry visitors who are not {urchin}s. [That is,
   mice. This may no longer be in live use; it clearly derives from the
   refrain of the early-1960s cartoon character Mr. Jinks: "I hate meeces
   to pieces!" -- ESR]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

meeces

   <jargon> /mees'*z/ ({TMRC}) Occasional furry visitors who are
   not {urchins}; that is, mice.  This may no longer be in live
   use.  According to {ESR} it derives from the refrain of the
   early-1960s cartoon character Mr. Jinx: "I hate meeces to
   *pieces*!"

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1996-12-09)