mopy
English
Adjective
mopy (comparative mopier, superlative mopiest)
- Alternative spelling of mopey
Etymology 2
Blend of MOP + copy, acronym of "multiple original prints".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɒpiː/
- Rhymes: copy, floppy, hoppy
- Rhymes: -ɒpi
Verb
mopy (third-person singular simple present mopies, present participle mopying, simple past and past participle mopied)
- To print more than one copy of a document using a computer printer rather than printing one original and copying it with a separate machine.
- 1996 November 11, Noor Amal, “Why copy when you can mopy”, in New Straits Times, page 18:
- Mopy is a term HP [Hewlett-Packard] has coined to talk about a new paradigm to address the current printing/coping[sic] trend. Mopying is a term describing the process of creating multiple original prints, or "mopies" on a laser printer.
- 2001 November 17, Robert Uhlig, “Boom in email puts paper use up by 40pc”, in Telegraph:
- […] "mopying" - making a document and copying it many times - had become common.
- 2003 September 17, Juhi Bhambal, “Printing Solutions”, in PCQuest:
- Some offer a function called mopying. Instead of printing one original and then making copies on a copying machine, you get several originals of the document (or high-quality copies).
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Etymology 3
Blend of move + copy.
Verb
mopy (third-person singular simple present mopies, present participle mopying, simple past and past participle mopied)
- (computing) To move a file to a target location without caring whether or not the source file is deleted afterwards.
Anagrams
- yomp