No Meeping Way

The Roadrunner and Beaker's sole means of expression is now banned in suburban Boston's Danvers High School, as students used the word alone or as a convenient expletive replacement... Much to the consternation of faculty and administration.

Mike Spiewak, a senior at the school, helped to popularize the word, and remains defiant of principal Thomas Murray's gag order.

Audio: NPR's All Things Considered, November 14. Host: Guy Raz.

As of first airing on Saturday afternoon, "meep" had 78 different definitions at Urban Dictionary.

It’s been a long time since New York lawyer Theodora Michaels was in high school, but she still remembers what it was like to be young, and chafing under what seemed like arbitrary and capricious rules set down by school authorities.

So in solidarity with the students of Danvers High, and on her own initiative, she took about five seconds and sent an email to the principal, two assistant principals and Danvers' Superintendent of Schools. All of these addresses were publicly available on the Danvers High School website.

Her subject line said (in full), “meep.” The body said (in full), “Meep.”

She received a reply email from Assistant Principal Mark Strout, which said (in full) “Your E-mail has been forwarded to the Danvers Police Department.”

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