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.
Jimmy was horrified when the small silent fart he tried to squeeze out while on the trainhitmud factor 10.
A measurement used to determine how much something, usually low quality food or alcoholic beverages, will make you shit your brains out. Could be referenced in regards to poop travel time, odor of shit, as well as explosiveness of diarrhea. It is widely accepted by many that "Colt 45 Blast" was aptly named in reference to having an astronomically high splatter factor.
"Damn homie, I just polished off a few Four Lokos and some bad indian food. I've had to hit the shitter 5 times in the last 3 hours. That's some major splatter factor.
If you one fixes, places or installs something where other people can get to it, someone will eventually DICK WITH it.
A maintenance person installs a thermostat in a common area used by employee's. The thermostat has a locking cover placed over it. Someone gets the cover worked loose and broken so they can turn up the tempurature. So the maintenance person must figure in the Dickwith Factor, installing the thermostat by means that makes it way to hard to dick with. or installing it in a manner that being dicked with makes no difference.
An amount of time added to any journey in a rural area to allow for getting stuck behind slow moving agricultural vehicles or coming across farm animals in the road.
I know it's only half an hour away but I'm setting off now to allow for tractor factor.
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.