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A thin slice of material. Normally used for drawing.
I’m going to draw on some paper.
Paper by ImaginativeAI May 7, 2023

Paper Angel

A con artist. A person that looks for people down on their luck, offers them help, and then seeks to control them. Much like a paper tiger appears scary at first but is merely an illusion of ferocity, a paper angel appears helpful at first, but is actually an illusion of assistance. A paper angel will lie and abuse it's victim to coerce control over them.
That nigerian prince email looks like a good opportunity, but be careful it's not just a paper angel
Paper Angel by Elementalgrrl October 10, 2018

Paper Angel

A con artist. A person that looks for people down on their luck, offers them help, and then seeks to control them. Much like a paper tiger appears scary at first but is merely an illusion of ferocity, a paper angel appears helpful at first, but is actually an illusion of assistance. A paper angel will lie and abuse it's victim to coerce control over them.
That nigerian prince email looks like a good opportunity, but be careful it's not just a paper angel.
Paper Angel by Elementalgrrl October 10, 2018

paper cut 

being significantly more impressive on one's résumé than one is in person; to look good on paper
Ryan: Hey Kasey, don't you have that big interview tomorrow?
Kasey: Yeah, I'm paper cut but pretty awkward in person, so I hope my résumé does most of the work for me!
Ryan: Seriously! Let's just hope that they believe that you're the actual applicant and not think it's a prank like last time!
paper cut by TheGrandeCheese September 21, 2018

paper food

Paper food is an alternate term for fast food.

If someone hands you food wrapped in paper or styrofoam, you're about to eat some paper food.
The Mango Mussolini seems as clueless as one can be about fine cuisine, as he is known to eat steak with ketchup and proudly consumes paper food on a regular basis.

Being drunk and stoned at three in the morning is a precarious place to be if you're trying to avoid paper food.

paper launch

A release of a product, especially a computer component, in extremely limited quantities, making it very difficult for consumers to get their hands on. The purpose of this is generally for a company to be able to say "we have the fastest chip", before they can actually produce large numbers of them.

Thus, the product isn't really "launched" to the market, it's only launched in press releases, hence "paper" launches.
"Hey man, I can't find any vendors that sell the new, ultra-fast Intel chip. Have you found it anywhere yet?"

"Nope, nobody has it. It's just another paper launch."
paper launch by Jack September 12, 2005