by MagicPizzaRoll522 May 31, 2018

The time that you must appear dressed and presentable on a company Zoom call. Te time you have to brush your hair and put on real clothes, not pajamas.
by SnowPatrol October 19, 2021

by y.east on tha track June 26, 2021

by .6.9.7.6.ArimorylulA.8.3.0.5. July 28, 2025

The time when you look at a clock and realize that a large portion of time disappeared. It is NEVER 'ninja o'clock', because by the time you've realized the time, it's at least a half-hour after you expected.
Friend 1: "Dude, what the hell happened to the day? I had that interview for that job."
Friend 2: "Ninja-thirty happened, son... remember that 'I'm only going to play a couple games' Madden marathon we just had?"
Friend 2: "Ninja-thirty happened, son... remember that 'I'm only going to play a couple games' Madden marathon we just had?"
by Agent 14 December 16, 2009

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by AddictedToAnAuditoru March 7, 2025

(noun)
parameters and/or random noise added to a predictive model to enable the model to appear to include a wider variety of outcomes than the fundamental mechanism of the model actually includes
(verb)
to add spurious adjustable parameters and/or random noise to a predictive model to enable the model to appear to include a wider variety of outcomes than the fundamental mechanism of the model actually includes
to artificially inflate your estimate of a very unlikely event occurring to ~30% with no justification within your model, simply so you can cover your ass should the unlikely event occur, all while retaining the option to claim that you predicted, with better than 2/3rd probability, that the unlikely event would not occur.
parameters and/or random noise added to a predictive model to enable the model to appear to include a wider variety of outcomes than the fundamental mechanism of the model actually includes
(verb)
to add spurious adjustable parameters and/or random noise to a predictive model to enable the model to appear to include a wider variety of outcomes than the fundamental mechanism of the model actually includes
to artificially inflate your estimate of a very unlikely event occurring to ~30% with no justification within your model, simply so you can cover your ass should the unlikely event occur, all while retaining the option to claim that you predicted, with better than 2/3rd probability, that the unlikely event would not occur.
“After realizing her model to predict economic growth didn’t include enough details, and was therefore predicting too narrow a range of possible outcomes, she nate-silver-thirty (ed) her model to get a more satisfactory appearing distribution of outcomes.”
by stats_definer August 28, 2020
