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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>content-free</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="console-jockey.html" title="console jockey"/><link rel="next" href="control-C.html" title="control-C"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">content-free</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="console-jockey.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="control-C.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="content-free"/><dt xmlns="" id="content-free"><b>content-free</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [by analogy with techspeak <span class="firstterm">context-free</span>] Used of a message that adds
nothing to the recipient's knowledge. Though this adjective is sometimes
applied to <a href="../F/flamage.html"><i class="glossterm">flamage</i></a>, it more usually connotes
derision for communication styles that exalt form over substance or are
centered on concerns irrelevant to the subject ostensibly at hand. Perhaps
most used with reference to speeches by company presidents and other
professional manipulators. &#8220;<span class="quote">Content-free? Uh... that's
anything printed on glossy paper.</span>&#8221; (See also
<a href="../F/four-color-glossies.html"><i class="glossterm">four-color glossies</i></a>.) &#8220;<span class="quote">He gave a talk on the implications of
electronic networks for postmodernism and the fin-de-siecle aesthetic. It
was content-free.</span>&#8221;</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="console-jockey.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="control-C.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">console jockey </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> control-C</td></tr></table></div></body></html>