Depeditate

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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 (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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.
       
          [{Jargon File}]