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drool-proof paper
n.
Whimsical paper said to be used in electronic equipment manuals that are so dumbed-down and simplistic as to be of no use whatsoever. — adj.
Example Citation:
Documentation that has been obsessively dumbed down i.e., simplified to the point where only a cretin someone who can't do anything right could bear to read it, is said to have succumbed to the "drool-proof paper syndrome" or to have been "written on drool-proof paper." For example, this is an actual quote from Apple's LaserWriter manual: "Do not expose your LaserWriter to open fire or flame."
— Robert L. Tennant, "The Computer Glossary," Technical Communication, November 1994
Earliest Citation:
It was in this world that "user friendly" was first translated to "dumbed down," where "drool-proof paper" was coined to describe documentation (computer hardware and software instructions) that had been dumbed down to the point where only a cretin could bear to read it.
— Clarence Peterson, "Paperbacks," Chicago Tribune, December 1, 1991
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Categories:
Insults
Technology (General)

New words. 2013.