DROOL-PROOF PAPER
\dɹˈuːlpɹˈuːf pˈe͡ɪpə], \dɹˈuːlpɹˈuːf pˈeɪpə], \d_ɹ_ˈuː_l_p_ɹ_ˈuː_f p_ˈeɪ_p_ə]\
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Documentation that has been obsessively dumbeddown, to the point where only a cretin could bear to readit, is said to have succumbed to the "drool-proof papersyndrome" or to have been "written on drool-proof paper". Forexample, this is an actual quote from Apple Computer'sLaserWriter manual: "Do not expose your LaserWriter to openfire or flame."
By Denis Howe
Word of the day
Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.