Definitions by MathPlus

Bat

A nocturnal creature that continues to receive bad press since the coronavirus pandemic hit the planet, because it was blamed for unprovenly transmitting the virus to humans.

After a video showing a Chinese woman consuming bat soup (which was shot in Palau, and not in China, many years before the Covid-19 outbreak) was virally circulated, the bat has since become the world’s most notorious mammal.

Bat by MathPlus March 8, 2021

Predatory Math 

When math educators or publishers turn things around, from being a prey to a predator, by outwitting their competitors, because they know what they have to do to be better than them.

To stand out from the crowd, Jeff embraces the predatory math mindset to outsmart the competition, which were left licking their wounds.

Predatory Math by MathPlus March 7, 2021

Covid Dreams 

When mixed feelings or morbid musings about the coronavirus pandemic are abstractly or creatively depicted through computer art.

Digital artists think that covid dreams could serve as a form of therapeutic art for those who are grieving for their loved ones who lost their lives to the coronavirus.

Covid Dreams by MathPlus March 5, 2021

Bolsonaro Virus

The Brazilian strand of Trumpvirus, which is deadlier than the coronavirus itself—named after President Jair Bolsonaro, whose fake leadership and ineptitude had failed to contain the pandemic crisis, which he continues to downplay in spite of the rising death toll.

With more than a quarter million corona deaths, which is the second-highest number of fatalities in the world after the US, Brazil is fighting two viruses: the coronavirus and Bolsonaro virus.

Bolsonaro Virus by MathPlus March 5, 2021

Pythagorean Diet 

When math geeks tell others that they eat or use zero animal products like honey, seafood, egg and diary, fish, and meat—named after Pythagoras, the Greek vegetarian mathematician-turned-numerologist.

Alt-right Trumpists and QAnonists never fail to remind each other that Adolf Hitler adhered strictly to a Pythagorean diet during his years-old tyrannical rule, unlike their Insurrectionist-in-Chief boss, who occasionally craves for junk food.

Pythagorean Diet by MathPlus March 4, 2021

Diversity 

A politically correct word that means that white privilege ought to take a back seat, although it is unlikely to happen as long as white racists and supremacists are allowed to roam the White House, the judiciary, the police, or the stock exchange.

Lots of white CEOs, governors, and mayors talk powerfully about diversity, but their walks seldom follow their talks.

Diversity by MathPlus March 4, 2021

Trumptarithm 

A cryptarithm à la Trump. An illegal or immoral word sum in which each of the letters stands for one of the digits 0–9, with different letters standing for different digits.

Solve the following trumptarithms.
(i) BAD + BAD = GOOD
(ii) WRONG + WRONG = RIGHT
(iii) LIAR + UNFIT = TRUMP

Hints: (i) 3 solutions (ii) 21 solutions (iii) 22 solutions

Trumptarithm by MathPlus March 3, 2021