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Singapore Math, So Cheem 

When someone describes the math taught in Singapore schools as being too difficult to understand, or complains that young students are unhealthily exposed to an obscene number of brain-unfriendly math questions—“cheem” means “deep” in the Chinese dialect Hokkien.
Ahmad who could hardly understand Mr. Goon’s lessons told his parents: “Singapore math, so cheem. I gave up!”
When an inmate’s last day coincides with the last day of the country’s lockdown, which makes them feel like they are experiencing double freedom as they enter their next phase of their life.
Don scribbled tally marks on the prison’s wall to count down the days to covidom.
Covidom by MathPlus May 14, 2021

Mix-and-Match Vaccination 

When people experienced more mild and moderate side effects, such as more frequent chills, headaches, and muscle pain, after they were jabbed with doses of two different vaccines, compared to being vaccinated with doses of the same vaccine.
Mix-and-match vaccination allegedly gives people longer-lasting immunity, better protection against new variants, or simply gives hospitals the flexibility to swap vaccines should supplies be interrupted.

Mask Boys 

A group of alt-right vigilantes who would hurl vulgarities and racial slurs at those without a mask in public, or at those who wear it without covering their nose or/and mouth, and would kick them if they refuse to pull their mask up from their chin.
Ironically, in a number of red states, dozens of pro-Trump anti-maskers, who are now part of Mask Boys for unknown reasons, have been arrested for their deadly or thuggish behaviors towards their fellow patriots who refused to back down.
Mask Boys by MathPlus May 13, 2021

Toilet Art 

When cash-scrapped artists begin using toilet paper or rolls for their own creative expression—a proof that expensive materials are not necessary to create rich or beautiful art.
Modi from the BJP Academy of Arts likes to soak sheets of toilet paper with cow dung mixed with holy water from Ganges river to produce his contemporary or controversial toilet art works.
Toilet Art by MathPlus May 12, 2021

Voodoo Math 

Also known as “Haiti Math”—voodoo is an unofficial religion practiced in Haiti. Math word problems that use zombies or monsters as their characters to teach dark problem solving.
An example of a grade two voodoo math question is: “The line graph shows the weekly number of zombies that were caught by the police during the six-week nationwide lockdown. Use the diagram to answer the following questions.

a) How many more zombies were caught in April than in May?
b) If the zombies were able to bite a victim before they were caught, what is the least number of zombie bites that took place during the entire lockdown?”
Voodoo Math by MathPlus May 12, 2021
Short for “Mathematicians Are Terribly Haughty.” When pure mathematicians who pridefully claims to study math for math’s sake regard applied mathematicians as second-rate, and math educators from the School of Education as third-rate.
When asked what M.A.T.H stands for, a twelve-year-old student answered his math teacher: “Monotonous, Abstract, Terrifying, Hard.”
M.A.T.H by MathPlus May 11, 2021