dead tree
n.— «You sure aint gonna get a lot from just this small excerpt of The Book. I suggest, and it’d be in your slack-gaining ways’ best interest, to spend ANOTHER $$ on the dead tree edition. It’s slightly more verbose.» —“Re: The Book online?” by Brent Burton Usenet: alt.slack Sept. 19, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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