MathPlus's definitions

Assroll

The last person to use the last piece of the toilet paper roll, with zero motivation to replace it, be it at home or in a public toilet.

Guesstimate the number of assrolls every day in the developed world, who expect their domestic workers at home, or toilet cleaners in public, to do the task for them.

by MathPlus May 23, 2021

f-mail

An email that the sender forgets to include the attached file meant for the recipient.

This week only, President Trump sent three f-mails to his administration, with zero apologies to his puzzled staff—it looks like his digital assistant Siri only executed the first part of his request.

by MathPlus October 4, 2018

Covidom

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.

by MathPlus May 14, 2021

Pitoid

Short for “Pi Factoid.” Tidbits or juicy bits about the number π that seldom make it to the side pages of math textbooks.

Some examples of pitoids are:
a) In a mathematical beauty contest, the number π would be the Miss Universe among the constants.
b) Aliens are more likely to communicate to earthlings in terms of e, i, and π rather than 0 and 1.
c) No number in popular culture is more famous than π.

by MathPlus October 19, 2021

#Pray4SgMath

The hashtag US homeschoolers want to unleash to their Twitter followers, as they hope that their prayers might prevent President Trump from imposing a tariff on imported Singapore math books, who wants to make Common Core math great again.

Christian educators and parents are sms-ing and tweeting #Pray4SgMath to fellow believers, as they’ve faith that their answered prayers would prevent Donald Trump from politicizing the K–12 math education, by making Singapore math titles wallet-friendly.

by MathPlus December 4, 2018

Math Kaki

The name of the K–12 Singapore math project that aims to help students who are struggling with school math but can’t afford private tuition, or to prevent the unmotivated ones from dropping the world’s most disliked school subject because they are allergic to the teaching style of their teacher or tutor—“kaki” is the Singlish word to describe a close friend or a buddy.

Unlike teachers employed by self-help groups, who tend to be of the same race as that of the students, volunteers from Math Kaki come from all racial groups and economic backgrounds, who have a heart to raise the mathematical proficiency level of those under their charge, regardless of their race, religion, or orientation.

by MathPlus September 19, 2021

Phi

Also known as B.1.618. The name of the WHO’s yet-to-be-approved label for the sexier and deadlier variant of Covid-19 that arguably exhibits both beauty and symmetry, because the ratio measurements of certain parts of the coronavirus approach the golden ratio—some nickname the variant of interest the “golden variant.”

Where phi first originated, how many countries have so far identified it in their population, and its resistance against the vaccines remain unknown.

by MathPlus October 6, 2021