Drool-proof Paper N. Documentation That Has Been Obsessively Dumbed Dow

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drool-proof paper n.

Documentation that has been
obsessively dumbed down, to the point where only a cretin
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."

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