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Common Denominator 

A Justin Bieber love-meets-mathematics song.
Strangely, no one gets the lyrics right on any site.
Person #1: "Just a fraction of your love fills the aiir...."
Person #2: "Hey, isn't that Common Denominator by Justin Bieber ?"
Person #1: "It is !"
Person #2: "I love that song, but I can't find the right lyrics on the net"
Person #1: "Neither can I, who understands a song about math anyway ?"
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Lowest Common Denominator

In relation to people, they are the simplest group in a population. They have the simplest opinions, the simplest views and the simplest lifestyles. They are the unsophisticated (which is not correlated to the amount of happiness they have - in fact, living a simple life may make you even more happy than living a sophisticated one). Because these people do not think as much as a sophisticated person, they tend to be more naive and more gullible to gut feelings, and the ingrained culture and social laws that are around them. Their trust is easily earned.

In terms of politics, this can be taken advantage of when politicians use their persona and the gut feelings of their audience to gain followers, even when their policies and views might be to their disadvantage.
Those GOP candidates like to target the lowest common denominators in each state because it's easy followers for them. I mean, who would follow Rick Santorum because of a sweater vest?

Loudest Common Denominator 

A decision based on those making the most noise over a certain issue.
"Did you order the veggie pizza I wanted?"
"Nope, sausage. I had to go with the Loudest Common Denominator."

Lowest Common Denominator

Phrase meaning base or crass. Used to describe ideas associated with sex or innuendo. Similar to the phrase "his mind is in the gutter."
"It's embarrassing inviting Dave to my parents' house; he always takes the conversation to the lowest common denominator."

loudest common denominator 

An opinion that does not reflect the majority view but is spoken as though it does by its proponents. Opposite of silent majority.
Congressional Republicans may not have anything to offer on health care reform but they did a nice job of getting the loudest common denominator to town meetings to shout down Democrats who supported Obama's plan.

Brady Quinn was awful when he started for the Browns. Still, the loudest common denominator thinks he is going to be a good NFL QB.
loudest common denominator by cuda75 November 14, 2009

Highest Common Denominator 

A discrete reference in the homosexual community for a homosexual ("common") male that is both a pitcher ("highest") and a catcher ("denominator").

Such terminology is necessary so that homosexual males can easily and discretely identify themselves to other homosexuals as a top, bottom, or both.
He identified himself as a Highest Common Denominator on his online dating profile to broaden the pool of potential homosexual partners.

The denominator 

The innocent bystander friend/sidekick in the twisted math vocabulary romance system the addition, the subtraction, The equality..
I am the denominator, whereas Mandi is the equality.
The denominator by Heather (Ya Know) February 12, 2008