MathPlus's definitions

Tower User

A power user of toilet paper in a family, who selfishly expects the other members to replace the last roll each time, when they should be the one to do this dirty job at home.

Tally is the tower user who notoriously uses the last toilet roll until there are barely any sheets left for her family members to wipe their backsides.

by MathPlus December 29, 2018

Pi Trance

When autistic folks or idiot savants claim that hours-long meditation on the digits of the decimal number π puts them in some kind of hypnotic state, thus allowing their mind’s eye to see sexy numerical relationships, or kaleidoscopic geometric shapes linked to the “sacred” digits of the transcendental pi in hyperspace.

Pure mathematicians or number theorists obsessed with the beautiful properties of π love to indulge themselves in pi trance activities, hoping to experience a few aha! moments in the process.

by MathPlus July 13, 2021

2π

The number of times the circumference of a circle is more than the radius of the circle.

If a radian is defined as the angle formed by an arc length of a circle subtended at the center that is equal to its radius, then there are 2π radians, or 2π radii, that fit around the circumference of the circle. In other words, 360° equals 2π radians, or one radian is 180°/π, which is about 57.3°.

by MathPlus January 21, 2021

Pandemic Ghost

The spirit of death that loves visiting the ICUs to usher departed wicked souls, who were not able to see their loved ones before their last heartbeat, to an even darker side of eternity, because their earthly deeds fall short of the criteria to entering heaven.

Most born-again Christians aren’t frightened of the pandemic ghost, because they know that their Savior and the angels are waiting for them at St. Peter’s Gate.

by MathPlus March 17, 2022

lazy-roo

A social disease whereby customers use their cellphones to order their food, by being overdependent on food delivery rather than cooking at home, or walking a few minutes to a nearby coffeeshop, hawker center, or foodcourt.

Guesstimate how many Singaporeans suffering from lazy-roo would develop health or mobility issues every year long before they could afford to retire.

by MathPlus August 20, 2021

MASK Is a Four-Letter Word

When non-mask-wearing in public has become a symbol of noncompliance, defiance, or rebellion among members of right-wing political parties or alt-right religious or conspiratorial groups.

Hardcore white racists and supremacists in the US and the West deny the protective health benefits of the mask against the coronavirus—for them, mask is a four-letter word, and donning a mask is a vain habit of the weaklings, who have surrendered their personal rights to the authority.

by MathPlus April 14, 2021

Corona Olympics

When deadlier variants of Covid-19 from different countries compete with each other to see which of them could cause the most damage or pain to earthlings until effective vaccination forces them to journey to other planets.

At the 2021 Corona Olympics, which country is likely to strike gold in both the infection and mortality events? A nation with low vaccination rate; or one that is continually plagued with nationwide protests, where citizens’ personal choices with regard to masking and vaccination overrule any political mandate to protect themselves and others?

by MathPlus July 27, 2021