drool-proof paper

: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." The SGI Indy manual included the line "[Do not] dangle the mouse by the cord or throw it at coworkers."

Jargon File Version 4.3.1, 29 JUN 2001 =

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