Before revision: "Dead-tree" version The hacker's Jargon File defines a dead-tree version to be a paper version of an on-line document, where "dead trees" refer to paper.jargon File, article "dead-tree version" It is a dysphemism for hard copy.
After revision: "Dead-tree" dysphemism The hacker's Jargon File defines a dead-tree version to be a paper version of an on-line document, where "dead trees" refer to paper.jargon File, article "dead-tree version" It is a dysphemism for hard copy.