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chartjunk

All visual elements in charts and graphs that are not necessary to comprehend the information represented on the graph, or that distract the viewer from this information.

Coined by Edward Tufte, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science at Yale University;
Member, Recovery Independent Advisory Panel for President Barack Obama
(1) USA Today had a graph with so much chartjunk all over it I couldn't even tell what the point was.

(2) His PowerPoint had so much clipart ! All that chartchunk hid so much of the real info that I was able to fall asleep for the whole talk.
by ksmanning March 25, 2010
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anseraphobia

An extreme fear of a goose or geese.

It might also be a fear of being goosed.
Fiona is terrified of any geese she sees. She has anseraphobia.
by ksmanning October 15, 2012
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creep sheep

The people who creep forward 6" at a red light because the guy in front of and/or beside them just did it. The first person to start this is known as the "creep creep".
Look at all the creep sheep, squeezing out that precious 6" in the line. The light is still red! Where is there to go?
by ksmanning May 16, 2010
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