ksmanning's definitions
All visual elements in charts and graphs that are not necessary to comprehend the information represented on the graph, or that distract the viewer from this information.
Coined by Edward Tufte, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science at Yale University;
Member, Recovery Independent Advisory Panel for President Barack Obama
Coined by Edward Tufte, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science at Yale University;
Member, Recovery Independent Advisory Panel for President Barack Obama
(1) USA Today had a graph with so much chartjunk all over it I couldn't even tell what the point was.
(2) His PowerPoint had so much clipart ! All that chartchunk hid so much of the real info that I was able to fall asleep for the whole talk.
(2) His PowerPoint had so much clipart ! All that chartchunk hid so much of the real info that I was able to fall asleep for the whole talk.
by ksmanning March 25, 2010
Get the chartjunkmug. A young and/or contemporary person dressing and acting as if they were hippies living in the 1960s and 70s, thus they are hippies living in a time warp. Not to be confused with "trekkie".
Generally, "warpies" are male or groups of both genders, and "warpie chicks" are female.
Generally, "warpies" are male or groups of both genders, and "warpie chicks" are female.
by ksmanning June 27, 2009
Get the warpiemug. The withholding of consonants in words. This is especially true of a g after -in, as in "swimmin" instead of "swimming". Also very common is the h after t, as in "dat" instead of "that". It can be taken to an extreme as in "Prez Clin" instead of "President Clinton". Consonantipation is becoming more and more common as people get lazier and lazier with both spoken and written communication.
by ksmanning August 13, 2014
Get the consonantipationmug. by ksmanning March 19, 2010
Get the deja du jourmug. A wuwuzela: The constant, highly irritating background noise created by crowds of people, usually women (AKA "woo-girls") and usually as audience members at TV shows like "Oprah", "Dancing with the Stars", "American Idol" and "The Biggest Loser", as they scream "WOOOOO!" enmasse.
Can be written "wuwuzela".
Can be written "wuwuzela".
WOOOOOOOO! We're woowoozelas!
by ksmanning September 25, 2010
Get the Woowoozelamug. When a professor is denied tenure and exacts revenge by shooting up the department and/or the administration with whom they worked.
The biology professor was awarded tenure because the department was afraid she was crazing enough that she'd be going Huntsville.
by ksmanning March 19, 2010
Get the Going Huntsvillemug. The tendency of contemporary singers to drag out the last word and/or note in a line by singing vowels, mostly a's and e's, over and over. The effect is enhanced by also going up and down the musical scale in an almost random, even chaotic, fashion. This can also be highlighted with the singer's hand whipping up and down following the notes sung.
by ksmanning December 22, 2009
Get the vowelarrheamug.