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When asked by her nosy colleagues whether she’s expecting a baby, Alice geekily told them that she’s pignant, much to their confusion by what she meant.
by MathPlus May 24, 2021
Get the Pignantmug. WHO’s comforting message to millions of anxious children worldwide about Father Christmas to assure them (without proof) that despite his older age they needn’t worry about his health during this pandemic crisis, as he would be able to deliver their presents on Christmas Eve—however, they are reminded that they and Santa Claus must adhere to physical social distancing and must obey their parents to sleep early on December 24.
Because Santa Claus is immune to Covid-19, WHO confirmed that most countries—except those few nations that forbid Christmas because it is an “infidel” or pagan festival—would relax their quarantine rules to enable Santa and his flying reindeer to enter their airspace, so that he could uninterruptedly and unobstructively deliver the presents before December 25.
by MathPlus December 14, 2020
Get the Santa Claus is immune to Covid-19mug. When women submitted fewer academic papers to journals across a multitude of fields than their male counterparts during the lockdown for whatever unpublished or unspoken reasons.
Editors of both math and science journals notice the coronademia syndrome in both developed and developing countries, when men submitted up to 50% more articles than women.
by MathPlus March 17, 2021
Get the Coronademiamug. When the authorities try to indoctrinate an oft-frightened or semi-informed lay public that mask-wearing is mandatory to protect them against the coronavirus, regardless of whether they are vaccinated or not, even though their knowledge with regard to the extent to which masking is effective against deadlier variants of the virus is half-baked.
With rising infection and mortality rates in spite of a decent rate of vaccination in the population, a number of governments in the West are turning to maskism to contain the corona crisis in the face of deadlier variants.
by MathPlus July 27, 2021
Get the Maskismmug. Fictional stories or plots whose characters are the complex numbers or imaginary numbers—conversations among these once-ostracized numbers among mathematicians would allow listeners or readers to get intimate with their beautiful numerical properties.
Mrs. Jones thought that teaching complex numbers via imaginary tales might be a more interesting and creative way to introduce these “fictional numbers” to her students.
by MathPlus December 27, 2017
Get the Imaginary Talesmug. The habit of coming out at night to prey on your victims, when they are more vulnerable to predators and less likely to identify and chase after them.
Jack has this battitude of pickpocketing old folks and tourists on weekends, at crowded night markets to reduce his chances of being caught.
by MathPlus April 24, 2018
Get the Battitudemug. The use of small dots rather than a pen, pencil, or Sharpie marker to depict a numeral, geometric figure, formula, or math concept.
Even artists who are allergic to school math could demonstrate their numerical, geometric, or formulaic creativity through mathematical pointillism.
by MathPlus July 9, 2021
Get the Mathematical Pointillismmug.