Tabloid Statistics

These are statistics, usually quoted during morning breakfast radio, current affairs shows and by people butting into your conversation, have no real basis and are note scientific by any stretch of the word.

Usually, these statistics are versions of real statistics, with only the most inflammatory parts cherry-picked out of the real statistics to create a sensationalist response from those that hear it.

Woman: "Did you hear on the radio this morning, 87% of housework is done by women; you men are so lazy!"
Man: "O.K., so did it include around the house jobs like cleaning the gutters, mowing the lawn, gardening, car maintenance and opening pickle jars for you women?! That's just hocus-pocus and tabloid statistics!"
Woman: "No, why? Is all that important?!"
Man: *head explodes*

by The Urban Psychologist April 12, 2010

Pseudo-Statistics

Fake statistics.

Guy1: I like potatoes
Guy2: 95% of the population likes potatoes too.
Guy1: Pseudo-Statistics.

by Ayeron June 28, 2011

statastics

Noun. Shortcut for fantastic statistics.

Joe is busy doing statastics

by Junior Scientist April 30, 2010

stastistisize

a term used to describe an intent to measure something by way of statistics

Kevin said, "baseballreference.com can stastistisize anything about baseball."

by AlexFlores July 10, 2006

statistrick

A statistic used mainly by politicians to manipulate the facts to gain favor.

6 out of 10 Adams county students AREN'T drinking! (this statistrick used in an actual advertisement in Adams County, Illinois)

"I think Iraq is stable. New polls show that 95 percent of the country wants to see a democratic government." (The problem with this is that the other 5 percent have all of the weapons.)

by Jake Seifert March 27, 2006

Game Statistics

The following are the statistics of all the games made from these consoles, divided into the offical ESRB ratings, with the number and percentage of games made in that category of rating. Although the PC games are only the recent ones made.

Gamecube
E=132 games (49.07%)
M=19 games (7.06%)
R/P=27 games (10.03%)
T=91 games (33.82%)
Total games: 269

PlayStation2
E=302 (35.93%)
M=112 (13.31%)
R/P=134 (15.93%)
T=293 (34.83%)
Total games: 841

X-box
E=129 (29.25%)
M=73 (16.55%)
R/P=76 (17.23%)
T=163 (37.96%)
Total games: 441

PC
E=142 (16.82%)
M=104 (12.32%)
R/P=406 (48.10%)
T=192 (22.74%)
Total games: 844

N64
E=122 (52.58%)
M=26 (11.20%)
R/P=52 (22.41%)
T=32 (13.79%)
Total games: 232

Playstation
E=242 (36.39%)
M=49 (7.36%)
R/P=184 (27.66%)
T=190 (28.57%)
Total games: 665

Although PS2 won in total games, I bet a lot of these games made by these companies are pretty bad, considering u only see about 100-200 games at blockbuster for a single console. X-Box won as making the most percentage of M and T games, while Gamecube won in E games. And of coarse the mammoth PS2 won in no catagory for percentage, but won in E,M,T in numbers due to its mass production of games. While the PC won by a long shot in the R/P category. I'd say that Nintendo has the best game franchises; Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Resident Evil. Then PS2 with GTA, and X-Box with Halo. PC with the major companies like Blizzard, Westwood, ID.

Please do not reccommend to delete this, because it is not slang or an actual definition

by adam October 26, 2004

Statist

A strawman epithet used to attack rational people who understand the value of government in functional society. Often uttered by people who claim to be anti-collectivist but mindlessly fall into herd mentality because they lack the ability to think independently.

"I tried to calmly explain to him how government funded programs make technological progress possible, and he replied with 'OMGUSTATISTPIG'. There's no use in reasoning with people who don't believe in reason, I guess."

by I'm So Cratic May 26, 2017