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  • What most people called the annoying little animated paper clip that used to pop up in Microsoft Office and get in your way:

    Clippy's official Microsoft name was "Clippit", and it was part of Office in version 97 through 2007, when it was discontinued due to the fact that it is universally hated.

    October 6, 2007

  • I think I'll start using this as a sarcastic insult when someone is being a pedantic tech knowitall:

    person: "You know, if you used a firewire cable, that drive wouldn't need to be plugged in."

    me: "Uh, thanks clippy. Whatever."

    October 6, 2007

  • Vale Clippy, you shan't be missed.

    October 6, 2007

  • Oh, thank you. I needed a laugh! :D I've met a lot of "clippy"s. :)

    October 6, 2007

  • I'll try to use this one at work next week.

    October 7, 2007

  • Clippy was the spawn of SATAN.

    October 7, 2007

  • His ability to come back from the dead suggests he was the spawn of Jesus

    October 7, 2007

  • old UK vernacular for a bus conductress, i.e. female who sold and clipped the tickets on a bus

    June 18, 2008