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I suspect that phrase may be a oblique reference to the absolutely lovely UI testing book "Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems" by Steve Krug.


We've been using "rocket surgery" as a portmanteau of "rocket science" and "brain surgery" for decades, though.


The use of that mixture of rocket science and brain surgery predates that book from 2009 by at least 15 years.


The first time I heard it was on "trailer park boys" as a "Rickyism" so I suspect it would sneak into more people's vocabulary that way. No idea which came first.




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