Xi Math

When math curriculums in China are expected to subtly incorporate some of Emperor Xi’s thought as well as to praise the mixed achievements of past and present mainland Chinese mathematicians and their IMO mathletes-medalists as part of the country’s rich mathematical heritage—when political ideology and mathematical glory could serve as a catalyst to raising the quantitative literacy or numeracy of a billion-odd people.
Brainwashing hundreds of millions of schoolchildren, including targeting those in the Chinese diaspora, with Xi math could usher in a new era in math education worldwide, which could challenge the elitist or supremacist position of Western math in coming decades—when exporting China math worldwide under the guise of raising global numeracy could be a modern form of intellectual colonialism.
by MathPlus September 06, 2021
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Wealth Chat

A Singapore banking app that targets filthy rich clients and allows them to interact with their “relationship managers” on WeChat and WhatsApp.
A number of “financial fugitives” with their monies in Singapore banks have mixed feelings about Wealth Chat, because they’re afraid that any archived confidential banking information might be handed over or leaked out to the authorities, which could use it against them in future.
by MathPlus September 12, 2018
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Toilet Asshole

An inconsiderate public toilet user who shows zero toilet etiquette, such as not flushing the toilet after peeing or pooping; throwing cigarette butts inside the urinal; trying to flush a sanitary pad; taking the toilet roll home; and not cleaning hands before leaving the premises.
Two polytechnic lecturers had their hopes dashed when they’re denied a research grant that would have allowed them to investigate what proportion of male and female users in Singapore are toilet assholes.
by MathPlus November 08, 2020
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Comfortably Uncomfortable

When you decide not to let unpredictability or uncertainty affect you and your future—you have come to terms that you have got to live with chaos, no matter how disruptive it can be in putting up a brake to your life’s goals.
Instead of blaming events or things that he’s no control over, John has learned to be comfortably uncomfortable in coping with life’s challenges—he doesn’t let bad breaks or misfortunes affect his attitude towards life; instead, he’s grateful that he can rely on God’s wisdom to overcome whatever obstacle comes his way.
by MathPlus July 20, 2018
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M.A.T.H

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.”
by MathPlus May 11, 2021
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Math

A dirty word among non-symbol-minded folks who are not keen, or find it brain-unfriendly, to learn the language of mass, length, and time; instead, they would rather pay the exam-smart or geeks to do the oft-tedious task for them.
The math guys and gals run the world, but most are clumsy in communicating their ideas to others, thus making them look like cold-hearted beings living in a platonic world of their own.
by MathPlus March 03, 2021
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Thou Needn’t Wear a Mask

When a head of state is against the use of masks in public in response to widespread violent protests in their land, so that the police could identify and arrest the rioters; or in case any public mask hoarding could deprive hospitals of them—either situation contradicts public health measures in a pandemic.
During the coronavirus crisis, the implicitThou needn’t wear a mask” message only raises panic in the population that there aren’t enough masks available for everyone.
by MathPlus April 09, 2021
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