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A beep is a noise, generally of a single tone, often generated by a machine.

"Beep-Beep" and the related "Meep! Meep!" are onomatopoeia commonly associated with the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons. Chuck Jones, the creator of the Road Runner, said this sound, the only way the Road Runner can harm the Coyote, was inspired by hearing a Doppler-like effect as a worker carrying backgrounds beep-beeped when he could not see where he was going. Warner Brothers, the current owner of all trademarks relating to the duo, lists "Beep! Beep!" as the Road Runner's sound.

Beeps are used regularly in television programs to censor spoken words. (See bleep censor.) In the 1970s, science-fiction writer Larry Niven wrote about a future where, because of this usage, the word beep itself became an expletive.

In some computer terminals, the ASCII character code 7, bell character, outputs an audible beep.

Beeps are also used as a warning when a truck or bus is reversing. This sound is sometimes referred to as a Nader bell.
Meep
Meep is an onomatopoetic word whose sound can be meant to be similar to honking a car horn, or squeaky noise similar to a "beep". The meaning of "meep" may be an emotional one denoted by the tone of voice and body language it is used with.

It has been used in several different cartoons. The Road Runner's only verbal statement is 'Meep Meep' (or Beep-beep). The Chocobos of the Final Fantasy series also emit weak "meep" sounds on occasion.

Over the years "meep" has also become an Internet gesture of greeting, surprise, shock, or awe.

In MMORPGs, such as Dark Age of Camelot, 'Meep' is often used to convey sympathy. For example:

Player 1 - "Damnit, I just got ganked by a load of purple mobs"

Player 2 - "Meep"

It is believed that this first started with the MMORPGs Ultima Online by a player calling himself 'Kitten' in a Guild named 'The Ghosts'.

In the comic book series The Maxx, "Meep" is also the only word available in iszes' vocabulary. The Muppet known as Beaker can likewise only communicate via "Meep" and excited body language.

A fictional species called "Meeps" appear in the computer role-playing game Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero?; these Meeps are friendly subterranean humanoids whose bodies are covered in primary-colored fur.

Meep is also a character in a series for Flash cartoons called Panathinaikos Bear'', created by David Firth.

Meep was also a little green blob that could transform himself into any character or object in the online comic squidi.net (doesn't exist anymore)

It has been rumored that Wittgenstein's final words were "Meep meep" in that they were the closest to silence he came while communicating his thoughts. (Source?)

Meep has also recently been adopted by many as a catchphrase to present an outburst or hysteria.

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