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語源

Originates from Huckleberry Hound, a series of cartoons from the 1960s, in which the character Mr. Jinks exclaims, "I hate meeces to pieces!"

名詞

meeces

1. (nonstandard, childish) plural of mice (which is itself a 複数形 of mouse).
   • 1983, The Cure (band), The Love Cats (song)

     Not broken in pieces, like hated little meeces.

   • 1988, 24 January, Married ... with Children (episode "Build a Better Mousetrap")

     We hate meeces to pieces.

   • 1994, DBASE for DOS for Dummies, p. 73

     However, we also must urge you to get a mouse because the battle is over, and those hateful meeces have won.

   • 2002, Warning! This Book May Contain Life, p. 6

     Watch the little meeces carefully.

   • 2005, Miracle Over Miami: How the 2003 Marlins Shocked the World, p. 78

     "I hate meeces to pieces," he said. Art Howe, manager of the New York Mets last year after seven years in Oakland and five in Houston.

参照

• The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (2005) p. 1281.
• http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/meeces

アナグラム

• emcees