four-color glossies

( n.)

   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  manuals."  Often  applied  as an
   indication  of  superficiality  even  when the material is printed on
   ordinary  paper  in  black  and  white. Four-color-glossy manuals are
   never useful for solving a problem.

   2.  [rare]  Applied  by  extension to manual pages that don't contain
   enough  information  to  diagnose why the program doesn't produce the
   expected or desired output.

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