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    [Verb]  | "sim*pli*fy" | \ ˈsim-plə-ˌfī \


    1: to make simple or simpler: such as

    2: to reduce to basic essentials

    3: to diminish in scope or complexity : streamline


    Origin: 1750 ;

     French simplifier, from Medieval Latin simplificare, from simplus simple;

    [Verb]  | "simplify" 


    1: to make less complex;


      * e.g., " ... you need to simplify this process somewhat or you'll never finish it today "





    2: to make plain or understandable;


      * e.g., " ... the book simplifies for the layman some concepts of economics "





     [ "SIMPLIFE" ]

    1: Short for SIMPLIFy lifE..

      * e.g.,  ... For so long Jeffrey had too much on his plate, so he finally decided to unload the excess baggage and SIMPLIFE. 

     [ "simplificate" ]

    1: verb - the action of taking an answered that is simplified and extending the answer to the point of complete and utter obscurity, unreadable by anyone, yet still correct BS

      * e.g.,  ... I wanted to copy your answer without getting caught, so I simplificated it! Let's see the bastard catch me now!! 

     [ "snake-oil simplification" ]

    1: When someone oversimplifies a task in order to get your buy-in. This is something done typically by sales people in order to clinch a sale, or by software management in order to convince developers to assign small estimates to large and complicated tasks

      * e.g.,  ... That mgmt slide show was a total snake-oil simplification! When you think about it for a few minutes its clear that providing the functionality described will be a lot more complicated than just plugging component A into server B. Who agreed to the effort estimates on this anyway!?!? We're screwed man, we'll never make this date! 

     [ "SIMPLiFe" ]

    1: A combination of SIMPLIFy and LiFe used for the movements involved in downshifting, simple living, degrowth, and anti-consumerism.

      * e.g.,  ... I realize that my carbon footprint is to big and I'm going to SIMPLiFe. 

     [ "simplifered" ]

    1: To dumb things down or make things easier

      * e.g.,  ... Instead of showing my cousin something complicated, I showed him in a simplifered way. 

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