reddittheif's definitions

momscience

Stuff your mom heard about in the 70's but was proven to be wrong a while ago.

guy 1: You shouldn't eat too many eggs, they're bad for you.
guy 2: No, that's momscience. A large study was done several decades ago that showed a high correlation between eggs and high blood serum cholesterol, but subsequent studies have shown this to be a rather small effect, and nothing to be concerned about. The original study was flawed.

by reddittheif March 3, 2011