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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>feetch feetch</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="feeping-creaturism.html" title="feeping creaturism"/><link rel="next" href="fence.html" title="fence"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">feetch feetch</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="feeping-creaturism.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="fence.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="feetch-feetch"/><dt xmlns="" id="feetch-feetch"><b>feetch feetch</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/feech feech/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">interj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> If someone tells you about some new improvement to a program, you
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might respond: “<span class="quote">Feetch, feetch!</span>” The meaning of this depends
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critically on vocal inflection. With enthusiasm, it means something like
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“<span class="quote">Boy, that's great! What a great hack!</span>” Grudgingly or with
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obvious doubt, it means “<span class="quote">I don't know; it sounds like just one more
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unnecessary and complicated thing</span>”. With a tone of resignation, it
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means, “<span class="quote">Well, I'd rather keep it simple, but I suppose it has to be
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done</span>”.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="feeping-creaturism.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="fence.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">feeping creaturism </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> fence</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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