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The BS Dictionary
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The BS Dictionary

by Bob Wiltfong, Tim Ito
April 2020
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
340 pages
8h 38m
English
Association for Talent Development
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KISS acronym 1. Stands for “Keep it simple stupid.” 2. Stands for “Keep it super simple.”

BS Definition: Keep it simple (in-such-a-rudimentary-way-that-even-a-moron-who-was-genetically-engineered-to-be-an-even-bigger-moron-and-forced-to-spin-around-a-bat-10-times-really-fast-after-drinking-a-bunch-of-Hurricanes-during-Mardi-Gras-followed-by-a-lobotomy-could-understand-it) stupid.

Origin: This acronym was reportedly coined in 1960 by Kelly Johnson, lead engineer at the Lockheed Skunk Works (which created the Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird spy planes, among others). According to the story, the term arose as Johnson handed a team of design engineers ...

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ISBN: 9781950496174