Definitions by MathPlus
Singapore Math
The mathematical equivalent of having brown rice rather than white biryani rice. An unsexy, wholesome math curriculum that is healthy to the mind, but brain-unfriendly for most students, who need to force themselves to mastering the concepts confidently.
Like taking cod liver oil, which is good for the body immune system, Singapore math may look unappetizing, but after spending a few hundred hours practicing thousands of nonroutine, impractical or sterile questions, your brain can only get mathematically stronger and healthier.
Singapore Math by MathPlus June 7, 2018
4G Dictatorship
When a political leader unquestionably becomes the country’s ruler, with full support from fellow key party members, who in turn expect to be promoted to executive positions for not opposing his undemocratic appointment.
Chairman Xi is the poster boy for 4G dictatorship, who had cracked down on those who criticized his strategy of wiping out “home-grown corruption,” and expelled foreign forces that try to promote social filth or undesirable values among the younger population.
4G Dictatorship by MathPlus June 3, 2018
Awardising
When Singapore parents proudly (or boastfully) display their child’s “academic achievement” or “leadership or volunteering award” on Facebook to tell the world how “exam-smart,” “inspiring,” or “caring” he or she is—or maybe to boost their own fragile egos.
Besides showcasing on social media the exotic food they’ve partaken of, or the branded goods they’ve purchased, during their overseas trips, few vain Singaporeans would miss awardising their children’s school achievements, desiring to get dozens of likes from friends and fans.
Awardising by MathPlus May 3, 2018
Neditor
Short for “negative editor.” A “word doctor” who messes up a manuscript, by creating more work and headache for everyone else—he adds in more shit to an oft-shitty raw manuscript.
Battitude
The habit of coming out at night to prey on your victims, when they are more vulnerable to predators and less likely to identify and chase after them.
Quadgon
What the seven members in the quadrilateral squad—parallelogram, rectangle, square, rhombus, kite, trapezoid, isosceles trapezoid—desire to be known as, because they all want to join the Polygon fraternity.
Like the triangle who recently branded itself as a trigon, all quadrilateral hope that in the new year they would all love to be identified as a quadgon.
Negative Visualization
When you start wondering what would happen if you lost what you have, instead of uncritically thinking about all the things you want to achieve in life.
If only more people would practice negative visualization every now and then to take stock of what might go wrong in spite of their positive attitudes in taking risks in life, few would get hurt or burnt of their hard-earned money.
Negative Visualization by MathPlus April 21, 2018