New Word Thursday: 'perpeche'
Perpeche [Per-petch]
verb
1. To retrieve a fallen peripheral by pulling on its wire or cable:
'I knocked the mouse of the table, can you perpeche it?'
'Grab the speaker cable, the one that's fallen off the table and perpeche it up to me please!'
2. To attempt retrieval of stationary or electronic devices that are beyond comfortable reach by using only the power of one's mind.
'I dropped my textbook, and I'm going to sit here and perpeche it.'
also: Perpeching [Per-petch-ing]
'He is perpeching the keyboard from under the table.'
also: Perpecher [Per-petcher]
noun
1. Someone who is thought to spend much of their time knocking over peripherals and perpeching them:
'He's just one big perpecher, last night he knocked over his keyboard, mouse and monitor.'
ORIGIN Modern English : Derived from the word peripheral ('per') and pĂȘche which is French for fishing ('peche').
verb
1. To retrieve a fallen peripheral by pulling on its wire or cable:
'I knocked the mouse of the table, can you perpeche it?'
'Grab the speaker cable, the one that's fallen off the table and perpeche it up to me please!'
2. To attempt retrieval of stationary or electronic devices that are beyond comfortable reach by using only the power of one's mind.
'I dropped my textbook, and I'm going to sit here and perpeche it.'
also: Perpeching [Per-petch-ing]
'He is perpeching the keyboard from under the table.'
also: Perpecher [Per-petcher]
noun
1. Someone who is thought to spend much of their time knocking over peripherals and perpeching them:
'He's just one big perpecher, last night he knocked over his keyboard, mouse and monitor.'
ORIGIN Modern English : Derived from the word peripheral ('per') and pĂȘche which is French for fishing ('peche').
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