Definitions
Wiktionary
- humorous Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard. Used by technical support helpdesk staff to indicate that the cause of a problem with a user’s computer is the incompetence of the user himself or herself.
Examples
“Stress: major cawse uv PEBCAK error ai jus member mai liddl bruther dis weekend, wen ai hadz a cold an eerache an wuz druggied up wif cold meds, tryin to cook dinner:”
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“June 29, 2008 at 4:03 am o yeth, um, I see teh problim… wuz PEBCAK…..”
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“In other news, I'm dealing with a real PEBCAK of a buyer at Ebay.”
“PEBCAK finally puzzled out how to make Paypal work.”
“Having regular interaction with confused computer customers, geniuses often identify PEBCAK Errors: Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard.”
“One of my favorite notations on helpdesk reports: PEBCAK.”
“PEBCAK – Problem Exists Between Cat And Keyboard ok, mah haid hurts nao…”
I can’t respond to any emails today. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“My personal favorite is PEBCAK: Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard ...”
Tweets
Looking for tweets for PEBCAK.
stew I always preferred "PICNIC" for "Problem In Chair, Not In Computer". Dec 6, 2012