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]