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A few years ago I administered a test in which I asked students to expand the KISS acronym (“Keep It Simple Stupid”). Although I had explained the KISS principle during the classes, I got some “interesting answers”:

• Kinesthetic Interface State System
• Keystroke Interface System Software
• Keyboard Input Single Static
• Keystroke Interface Selection
• Knowledge Identify Simplify Steps
• Keystroke Interface System
• Knowledge Interesting Sensitive
• Key Interface Sensitive Software
• Keyboard, Interaction, Selection, Separation
• Keystroke Interaction Simple
• — Interface Simple Stupid
• Keystroke Interaction — —
• Keep It Simply Stupid
• Keystroke Interface State
• Keystroke Interface Selection State
• Keyboard Interaction Service System
• Keystroke Interaction Selection System
• Keystroke Interaction Shape State machine
• Keystroke Interaction System Solution
• Keyword Interface Simple Services
• Keystroke Interface Service Simple
• Keep Interface Simple System
• Keystrocking (sic) Interactivity Size Shape
• Kiosk Interactive Simple Software
• Keyboard Interface Signification Sensibility
• Kinestesic Interaction Sensor Sensitive
• Knowledgeable Interactive Simple Safe
• and finally: Kabul Is Soft Saber (for Bush)