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Ropy vs Mopy - What's the difference?

ropy | mopy |

As adjectives the difference between ropy and mopy

is that ropy is resembling a rope while mopy is .

As a verb mopy is

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.

ropy

English

Alternative forms

* ropey

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Resembling a rope.
  • Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures.
  • (British, colloquial) Of poor quality; in poor health.
  • *2012 , The Economist, Sept. 8th, " Emigration: On The Road"
  • *:Although Britain’s migration figures are ropey , other data point in the same direction.
  • (of milk or another liquid) Slimy, as'' after the action of ''Enterobacter aerogenes in syrup.

    • Related terms

    * rope

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    mopy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From

    Adjective

    (er)

    • Etymology 2

    , acronym of "multiple original prints".

    Verb

  • 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.
  • * {{quote-news, year=1996, date=November 11, author=Noor Amal, title=Why copy when you can mopy, work=New Straits Times, page=18 citation
    • passage=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.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2001, date=November 17, author=Robert Uhlig, title=Boom in email puts paper use up by 40pc, work=Telegraph, page= citation
    • passage=
  • * {{quote-news, year=2003, date=September 17, author=Juhi Bhambal, title=Printing Solutions, work=PCQuest citation
    • passage=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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