hockey stick
a line graph that stays relatively flat for most of its length then spikes upward abruptly near its end: first used to describe the controversial global warming graph associated with climategate.
If you look at this graph closely, it forms a good hockey stick.
This US debt graph is a real hockey stick.
The world population growth chart sure looks like a big hockey stick.
This US debt graph is a real hockey stick.
The world population growth chart sure looks like a big hockey stick.
hockey stick by nayrb January 21, 2013
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