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Spiritual Wind

What Christians experience when they are supernaturally visited by the Holy Spirit—a common outward sign is they start to speak in tongues or laugh uncontrollably.

Unlike a strong wind that both believers and unbelievers can feel or hear outdoors, the spiritual wind is usually experienced only by Christians indoors, be it in a church congregation or in a home fellowship of a few believers.

by MathPlus August 12, 2018

#BuyTwitter #BanTrump

The hashtags used to raise money to buy Twitter in order to shut down President Trump's Twitter account, because his tweets arguably promote bigotry, hate, and violence.

Some billionaires in China (and even some anti-Trump governments) are keen to be part of the #BuyTwitter #BanTrump campaign, because they want to hit back at the 911 president, before his administration imposes economic sanctions against their protectionist practices.

by MathPlus August 24, 2017

Maskerick

Short for “Mask Maverick.” A rebel who wants to set a trend in mask wearing, or a disruptor who desires to make mask wearing a fashion, political, or social statement—for example, encouraging anti-maskers to publicly wear their mandatory face masks inside out to display their displeasure to the authorities.

Maskerick Trump instigated his diehard supporters to don a MAGA mask on their march to the Capitol Building on November 6 to protest against allegedly fraudulent votes that had masked the “illegal” victory of his political opponent.

by MathPlus July 3, 2021

Creative Writing via Urban Dictionary

When regularly contributing to Urban Dictionary could be an effective training ground to launching your creative writing career, because you are getting professional feedback for anything you think is funny or that would make lots of folks happy or angry—and the service is free and instant.

Unless you’re related to the editors or you’ve bribed them, it’s unlikely that you can get an entry approved if you’re a dull writer with a poor sense of humor or a puritan mindset. Why not hone your creative writing via Urban Dictionary? Why pay someone dearly to critique your writing when you’ve a team of first-rate volunteers-editors who would do it for you for free?

by MathPlus January 27, 2019

Vaccine Against B.S

A mental or psychological jab to protect unvaccinated folks, who are more prone to being brainwashed or indoctrinated by right-wing morally bankrupt politicians and ethically challenged popular TV personalities, spreading their lies and conspiracies on mask wearing and vaccination against the coronavirus pandemic.

Until there is a vaccine against B.S., the infection and mortality rates among millions of unvaccinated folks faithfully watching Fox News, who are continually being fed with misinformation about Covid-19 vaccination, are just going to rise in the face of deadlier delta and delta-plus variants.

by MathPlus August 22, 2021

The Sanitization of Singapore Math

When fertile or fitting real-life or contextual questions and math tidbits or humor in a math textbook, submitted to Singapore’s Ministry of Education (MOE) for approval, are often rejected for politically incorrect reasons, or because the items could potentially be perceived to be linked to politics, race, religion, or sex.

Items like “Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not divide by zero!” and phrases like “beautiful curves,” “immoral algebra,” and “juicy little theorem” are banned without being given valid reasons—aren’t these rejections part of the sanitization of Singapore math to only publish sterilized or sterile contents to satisfy the mathematical wants of a humorously or prudishly challenged audience or readership?

by MathPlus September 5, 2021

Pisector

Someone who tries to subdivide an angle into π parts using only a pair of compasses and an unmarked ruler.

Just as the trisectors of yesteryear tried to prove the impossible, pisectors are hell-bent to achieving their goal, hoping that their proofs would bring them mathematical fame or immortality—when being dubbed a “mathematical crank” feels less bitter than being a nobody or fading in obscurity.

by MathPlus February 7, 2021