Pi Prank

Some silly, reckless, or deadly act underperforming or poorly motivated students perform on their oft-mean teacher on Pi Day, be it for fun, malice, or revenge—when these rowdies or troublemakers want to get even with adults on this most popular date in the math calendar.
Playing pi pranks like throwing a whole pizza at a teacher’s face and ordering a cicadas pizza for the math HOD is often a paying-back time for rogue students to humiliate the teaching staff.
by Numerati June 16, 2025
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Bitcoin

A digital asset that has gained currency in decentralized Ponzi schemes, which makes it virtually impossible to catch the bad actors (criminals, hackers, money launderers, drug & human traffickers, …); it also serves as safe virtual money to protect the wealth of those who live in developing countries beset with hyperinflation.
Once dubbed an “index of money laundering,” bitcoin is often confused with blockchain, which is a system of recording information that is almost impossible to change or forge.
by Numerati June 28, 2024
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xtremist

A symbol-minded person who spends most of his waking hours thinking how to solve the value(s) of x in all kinds of equations, or the range of the values of x in inequalities (or inequations).
Last Christmas, Pastor Jonah mistook an xtremist for the world’s most dangerous fellow on social media, who also happens to be the world’s richest man.
by Numerati October 8, 2024
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πX

The minimum number of times a company’s profitability could grow, because its employees’ career pathways are T-shaped (The Anything Workforce)—the opposite of an I-shaped (One Thing Workforce), which is siloed, rigid, and fixed.
With Trump’s yo-yo tariffs and threats vis-à-vis allies, the chances of witnessing more πX American companies emerging around the world in coming years look pretty slim.
by Numerati July 5, 2025
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X

The name of an arguably mismanaged company, invariably defined by a range of unknowns or variables, such as the true value of its assets, the number of fake or spam accounts, the uncertain dismissal of more employees with declining ad revenue, its decision to allow hate speech on its platform, and its possible sale to a gullible or rogue owner to avoid bankruptcy.
What are the odds that with all the lawsuits, fines, and more advertisers deserting the platform, not to say, the low morale among its overworked staff, X might be the next Blockbuster or Kodak?
by Numerati August 3, 2023
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Rogue Ratios

Quantitative bad deals whereby enslaved workers or employees are being taken advantage of by their bosses or entrepreneurs, who have financial control over their lives, be it five days of work in exchange for a weekend break (5 : 2)—an investment of –60%—or a two-week annual leave (2 : 52), or a 5% savings rate on gross salary for 40 years.
Millions of people around the world are aware of the rogue ratios that force them to live a mediocre life, but only a very percentage of them think they can work for a better ratio to achieve financial freedom.
by Numerati August 17, 2023
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Boy Math

The dummy or silly logic used by half-geeky males or semi-innumerates, who think that they are getting a good deal or making a smart move from their decision or action—their faux or fuzzy logic, or bigly calculations or guesstimations, often makes them a figure of fun.
Boy math is using a dollar bill as a bookmark that costs two bucks.
Boy math is driving two hours to and fro to save twenty bucks.
Boy math is buying indexed-funds hoping to retire prematurely.
by Numerati December 18, 2024
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