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p-hacking 

Manipulation of statistics such that the desired outcome assumes "statistical significance", usually for the benefit of the study's sponsors. Usually done by ex post facto choice of significance labels and simple reporting of results as being conclusive regardless of calculated p-value. This depends on the public's general lack of understanding of statistical measures and press non-reportage of details.

Also the basis of nutrition research.
Study: "Soy protein was shown to reduce cancer rates in rats with a p <1.0" (effectively random data)

Next day's headline: "Soy Cures Cancer"

Sales soar 1000%

p-hacking = Profit.
p-hacking by Cortical Vortex June 12, 2015
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Hiking the Appalachian Trail 

Sneak away to meet your mistress. ("Hiking the Appalachian Trail" is the first explanation of where South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was when he disappeared.)
"Has anyone seen Jawann? I've been calling and texting him for three days and he's not answering."

"Uh, he's hiking the Appalachian Trail."

"Oh. Got it."

hacking the jackoff 

The subtle seduction and concurrent infiltration of the mind of an unscrupulous jerk, to gather the necessary intel to shut him down.
Hacking the jackoff shouldn't be too hard, his mind is shockingly simple, driven entirely by ego gratification and compensation.

hacking the mainframe 

smacking random buttons on your keyboard so it sound like your doing something really cool, and not looking while you do it.
hey are you smaking buttons on a keyboard? "no, im hacking the mainframe"

hecking fricking heck 

The most offensive word that anyone can even comprehend, if you do so much as to mutter this phrase, when you perishness, you go to heckinity
this word is never to be uttered. -Jimbobulous Mishaechel Thine FiveteenETH (hecking fricking heck)
hecking fricking heck by Jimbobulous February 27, 2018

Hiking the Appalachian Trail 

To be unfaithful to one's partner e.g. in an extramarital affair. Named after South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who was said to be hiking the Appalachian Trail, when actually he was visiting his mistress in Argentina.
"My husband has a lot of "meetings" and "conferences" to attend to lately. I think he might be hiking the Appalachian trail."

Hiking the appalachian trail 

Euphemism for preforming oral sex on a woman.

Specifically to lick from the bottom of a woman's labia upwards towards her clitoris.
Mark went 'Hiking the Appalachian Trail' much to the delight of his mistress.