:content-free: [by analogy with techspeak `context-free'] adj.
Used of a message that adds nothing to the recipient's knowledge.
Though this adjective is sometimes applied to {flamage}, it more
usually connotes derision for communication styles that exalt form
over substance or are centered on concerns irrelevant to the
subject ostensibly at hand. Perhaps most used with reference to
speeches by company presidents and other professional manipulators.
"Content-free? Uh... that's anything printed on glossy
paper." (See also {four-color glossies}.) "He gave a talk on
the implications of electronic networks for postmodernism and the
fin-de-siecle aesthetic. It was content-free."
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Used of a message that adds nothing to the recipient's knowledge.
Though this adjective is sometimes applied to {flamage}, it more
usually connotes derision for communication styles that exalt form
over substance or are centered on concerns irrelevant to the
subject ostensibly at hand. Perhaps most used with reference to
speeches by company presidents and other professional manipulators.
"Content-free? Uh... that's anything printed on glossy
paper." (See also {four-color glossies}.) "He gave a talk on
the implications of electronic networks for postmodernism and the
fin-de-siecle aesthetic. It was content-free."
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- content-free adj.
[by analogy with techspeak
`context-free'] Used of a message that adds nothing to the
recipient's knowledge.
Though this adjective is sometimes applied to flamage... - four-color glossies: 1. Literature created by {marketroid}s
that allegedly contains technical specs but which is in fact as
superficial as possible without being totally {content-free}.
"Forget the four-color glossies, give me the tech ref... - low-bandwidth: [from communication theory] adj. Used to indicate a
talk that,
although not {content-free}, was not terribly informative... - four-color glossies n.
1. Literature created by
marketroids that allegedly contains technical specs but which
is in fact as superficial as possible without being totally
content-free.
"Forget the four-color glossies, give me the tech... - zero-content adj.
Syn.
content-free... - MFTL /M-F-T-L/
[abbreviation: `My Favorite Toy Language']
1.
adj. Describes a talk on a programming language design... - low-bandwidth adj.
[from communication theory] Used to
indicate a talk that,
although not content-free, was not terribly informative... - math-out: [poss. from `white-out' (the blizzard variety)] n.
A paper or presentation so encrusted with mathematical... - tree-killer: [Sun] n. 1. A printer. 2. A person who wastes
paper.
This epithet should be interpreted in a broad sense...
From the same category:
- SMILEY
%+{
lost a... - The Modelski Chain Rule:
1: Look intently at the problem for several minutes.
Scratch your head at 20-30 second intervals. Try... - Nice guys
get sick... - Don't order a drink for the road,
because the road is already laid out.
Flip... - I enjoy the time that we spend
together...
