Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. humorous Resistant to the mistakes of foolish people.
Etymologies
- idiot + -proof (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The device was sophisticated but easy to use, employing an idiotproof suicide detonator tied to an off-the-shelf GPS unit mounted on top of the housing.”
“The best thing about these biscuits is they are superquick to make, and honestly, fairly idiotproof.”
“Bush inherited a juggernaut, bulletproof, idiotproof 12 TRILLION dollar economy and a government that had 250 BILLION dollar annual budget surplus.”
“THE REAL SECRET OF MYST'S AMAZING SUCCESS WAS the combination of near-photorealistic graphics and an idiotproof means of navigating an imaginary world.”
“Make it idiotproof and someone will make a better idiot.”
“When it comes with Vista, the first day gave me a blue screen and it tried to do everything for me and I could do it manually in a few minutes, going through the Vista wizards and troubleshooting stuff ended up taking up a whole evening of frustration … Trying to make everything idiotproof made Vista an Idiot OS.”
Google Drops A Nuclear Bomb On Microsoft. And It’s Made of Chrome.
“What I can say is that our system works because we make it almost idiotproof.”
“But I'm completely convinced that just as soon as something becomes idiotproof - nature provides a better idiot.”
“• Leave around a few idiotproof recipes and hope your guests make dinner for you.”
“The Singnet setup is really idiotproof easy 3 steps and vola my internet connection is up and less than 10 mins, my modem router is ready to serve my whole family:”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘idiotproof’.
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The Universal Calculator
Obviates the need for other devices or calculations--it will have a button for everything, and it will solve everything.
qwerty keyboard, shift key, control, home, end, pause, log, sin, space, enter, plus, numb and 241 more...
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The Collection
A somewhat discriminatory list of words and phrases collected for their euphonic or arcane appeal, interesting etymology, or concise definition of an otherwise unnamed phenomenon or concept.
ziggurat, neophilia, sucker punch, soporific, epoch, tundra, fiat, idiotproof, miscellany, metaphysics, cryptozoology, dysphoria and 850 more...
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Trunkjunk
Crap in my backpack; the lab.
* self-reminder: simpler spelling, oldest english words, bahuvrihi words?, anchor-ideas, dbrwntrix
* surviva-list: locavore, cowpooling, occupatile...séance, thysiastery, thurible, simpler spelling, invocation, oldest english words, occupatile, vow, sacrifice, micropause, commentariat, cowpooling and 14 more...
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