That's just it - a five year old might be into rockets and astronauts and all that fancy stuff (I was too), but his or her "degree of domain understanding" is n

That's just it - a five year old might be into rockets and astronauts and all that fancy stuff (I was too), but his or her "degree of domain understanding" is nowhere near enough to grasp how those things really work, nor does he or she have the education underpinnings needed to do so. "ELI10" or "ELI15" would be a much less ridiculous request. It's still rather grating how people willingly denigrate themselves by comparing their own intelligence to that of a child's. What's wrong with good old "explain it to a layperson"? The fact that it does not make a cool acronym? We're not on twitter (or in high school, for that matter), learn to express yourself like an adult. And yes, I am fun at parties. :)