An irrational fear of the irrational number pi, or a repulsion at the sight or sound of the symbol π, which some fringe psychologists suspect to be hereditary, because the victim was presumably not born with the “mathematical gene.”
Sufferers of piophobia argue that they’d be exempted from school math, because they’re allergic to all things numerical or symbolic.
by MathPlus November 05, 2020
Fiendish math questions that are likely to get someone mentally constipated, or to make them feel logically disgusted, if they attempt to solving them without any formal training or preparation.
Like olympiad math, chili math should be introduced only to mathematically precocious kids lest the questions prove logically repugnant to immature or young minds.
by MathPlus March 03, 2021
A four-letter word that most people would avoid talking about because they live their sinful lives as if mercy has no due date, or that they would have the time to turn away from their unethical or destructive behaviors, or to repent from their sins, at the eleventh hour.
CEOs and dictators, who think that they’re not as evil as the Hitlers, Stalins, and the Osamas, reason that because hell has reached full capacity, their chances of being redirected to heaven are pretty high in spite of their manifold transgressions.
by MathPlus July 28, 2022
by MathPlus December 31, 2018
When a political leader unquestionably becomes the country’s ruler, with full support from fellow key party members, who in turn expect to be promoted to executive positions for not opposing his undemocratic appointment.
Chairman Xi is the poster boy for 4G dictatorship, who had cracked down on those who criticized his strategy of wiping out “home-grown corruption,” and expelled foreign forces that try to promote social filth or undesirable values among the younger population.
by MathPlus May 08, 2018
The hashtag US homeschoolers want to unleash to their Twitter followers, as they hope that their prayers might prevent President Trump from imposing a tariff on imported Singapore math books, who wants to make Common Core math great again.
Christian educators and parents are sms-ing and tweeting #Pray4SgMath to fellow believers, as they’ve faith that their answered prayers would prevent Donald Trump from politicizing the K–12 math education, by making Singapore math titles wallet-friendly.
by MathPlus December 04, 2018
Read as “Covid-Lambda.” A Covid-19 “variant of interest” according to WHO, which was first identified in Peru in December 2020—it is believed to be more transmissible than the original strain of the coronavirus, but less deadlier than the delta variant.
To protect against variants like Covid-⍺, Covid-𝛿, and Covid-λ, getting vaccinated, avoiding international travel, mask wearing, physical distancing from others, and not attending large social gatherings would minimize the odds of infection and reinfection.
by MathPlus August 08, 2021