MathPlus's definitions

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

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

Trum-pi-st

Someone who preaches that pi is a rational number, or a ratio of two integers, although mathematicians had proved moons ago that it is irrational—for example, evangelicals or QAnonists profess that π = 3; blue-collar workers proclaim that π = 22/7; and morally bankrupt Republican lawmakers protest that π = 314/100 or 3.14.

Trum-pi-sts hold on to their position faithfully, steadfastly, or politically regardless of the evidence or despite the facts.

by MathPlus January 5, 2021

Mortal Mask

A mask brushed with toxic chemicals on the inside that is offered to unsuspected or innocent strangers, who would lose consciousness once they wear it at the request of their evil donors, who would then rob their victims.

At secluded traffic junctions, it’s not uncommon for criminals in police uniforms to stop a car whose driver and fellow passenger are both unmasked, who would be handed a pair of mortal masks to wear before they’re allowed to drive off.

by MathPlus April 13, 2021

Salvation sans Jesus

When someone confesses that Jesus Christ is their Lord and Savior and that God raised Him from the dead is the first step to avoid spending their afterlife on earth in hell—whose sins are forgiven through the cleansing blood of Jesus on the cross.

It’s politically incorrect to lovingly share the “Good News” to nonbelievers that there’s no other way to heaven except through Jesus—the ”Salvation sans Jesus” message that religious leaders from other faiths find insensitive or offensive, but nevertheless true, if they unbiasedly study the Bible.

by MathPlus November 11, 2018

Mask Piracy

When morally bankrupt individuals flushed with cash tried to divert a shipment of masks bound for a certain country to another destination, while the goods were being transferred between planes in a transit country.

Besides sending people waving cash to buy a planeload of masks meant for France on the tarmac in China, the Trump administration was accused of mask piracy after diverting 200,000 masks meant for Germany to its shores while they were on transit in Thailand.

by MathPlus April 27, 2022

Trumpism Prevention Day

When citizens of the world remind themselves every January 6 to lend zero support to white racism and supremacism, and to have zero tolerance for bigotry and xenophobia—in reference to the date when Donald J. Trump incited his diehard supporters-turned-terrorists to storm the US Capitol as a desperate attempt to illegally prolong his stay at the White House.

Guesstimate how many people worldwide are expected to denounce white terrorism on Trumpism Prevention Day in 2022.

by MathPlus March 24, 2021