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{{ | {{def|Cocktail napkin|/ˈkɒkteɪl/ /ˈnæpkɪn/|n|[[File:Cocktail napkin.jpg|450px|thumb|center|All that is not [[boilerplate]], yesterday.]] | ||
[[File:Cocktail napkin.jpg|450px|thumb|center|All that is not [[boilerplate]], yesterday.]] | }}All that is not [[flannel]], [[boilerplate]] or [[verbiage]]. Succinct, meaningful, ''consequential'' text. | ||
}}All that is not [[flannel]], [[boilerplate]] or [[verbiage]]. | |||
The key terms, that you hacked out in that still, small moment of clarity, or weakness, when the inspiration struck you and your counterparty, in some nasty bar in a bad part of town in the early hours, while a janitor mopped the floor, a bellhop stacked chairs and the bartender shot you daggers, but through which ''you clenched the deal''. | The key terms, that you hacked out in that still, small moment of clarity, or weakness, when the inspiration struck you and your counterparty, in some nasty bar in a bad part of town in the early hours, while a janitor mopped the floor, a bellhop stacked chairs and the bartender shot you daggers, but through which ''you clenched the deal''. | ||
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{{Technical Tuesday|22/12/20}} | {{Technical Tuesday|22/12/20}} | ||
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