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Uh, as in "excessive paperwork", like brochures/leaflets [1] about the new products? Not a native speaker, had a parse error I'm just trying to resolve ...

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1hlbxv7/co...

Yep, a mix of glossy brochures and things like white papers from Intel about their latest Xeon 3 architecture or whatever. They tended to lie about on someone's desk for 6 months before being chucked out...

(and I'd had no idea about the "bum fodder" derivation, so thanks!)

Awesome, thanks!