This factor is incorporated into any monetary calculations where escalation is anticipated based on mathematical models that have zero accuracy and are presented as having merit.
Also see 'math magician'
Also see 'math magician'
"Fantasy Football is a win-win if you include the Petrus Factor" - Guy Who Doesn't Check His Math
"The Petrus Factor Makes perfect sense to me" - Donald Trump
"The Petrus Factor Makes perfect sense to me" - Donald Trump
by Mike Lanzofhgfdshrg August 02, 2019
by thefatasscat December 14, 2018
by UrbanDictioner69 January 26, 2015
The phenomena that renders a television or movie program unwatchable for more than a few moments before the desire to change the channel or leave the theatre becomes irresistable due to the high levels of stupidity contained therein.
Titled for the Three Stooges, stooge factor can change over time, illustrating how some of our most beloved television programs and movies can become completely unwatchable years later.
Something so utterly stupid that it defies belief.
The desire to escape the program may actually be accompanied by a subtle fear that continuing to watch it may actually make one less intelligent.
(Parody phrase of Fear Factor)
Note that it is possible for modern television and movie programs to have such horrible writing, acting, etc. that it can be said to contain a high stooge factor.
Titled for the Three Stooges, stooge factor can change over time, illustrating how some of our most beloved television programs and movies can become completely unwatchable years later.
Something so utterly stupid that it defies belief.
The desire to escape the program may actually be accompanied by a subtle fear that continuing to watch it may actually make one less intelligent.
(Parody phrase of Fear Factor)
Note that it is possible for modern television and movie programs to have such horrible writing, acting, etc. that it can be said to contain a high stooge factor.
A Three's Company episode being funny back in the 1980s being out of place in the new millennium. Or watching Jerry Lewis try to do his old stand-up routine at a modern comedy festival.
Basically, makes you want to get the hook.
"I can't watch this crap. Too high a stooge factor!"
Basically, makes you want to get the hook.
"I can't watch this crap. Too high a stooge factor!"
by Web Scribe January 09, 2008
by Netty-Swobb February 15, 2020
The fact that Joe didn't clean the beaker properly was the absent factor in the experiment that lead to the explosion in the lab.
by jon132 March 02, 2009
Its is a scale - generally used for the measurement of the wetness and/or lumpiness farts - It is based on a simple 1 to 10 Scale
There is a direct correlation between mud factor and skid marks.
There is a direct correlation between mud factor and skid marks.
Jimmy was horrified when the small silent fart he tried to squeeze out while on the train hit mud factor 10.
by taranto September 27, 2013