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meeces

meeces


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  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  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  meeces 
 
    /mees'*z/  ({TMRC})  Occasional  furry  visitors  who  are 
  not  {urchin}s;  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)