Definition of PEBCAK

PEBCAK

interjection

acronym for "problem exists between chair and keyboard".
Person A: Did you deal with the CFO's support request?

Person B: Yup. PEBCAK.
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Last edited on Nov 27 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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all that and a bag of Fritos	Definitions include: the best.
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between a rock and a hard place	Definitions include: in an impossible situation.
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PICNIC	Definitions include: acronym for "Problem In Chair, Not In Computer".
PP	Definitions include: acronym of "personal problem."