A term that gained currency during the pandemic, especially after repeated lockdowns and potential mental breakdowns, to describe the type of negative, irrational, selfish, or self-defeating behavior that plagued many math educators worldwide, because they were tired of conforming to the social or unreasonable expectations of the authorities, or had little respect for vampires or hypocrites with a say in their pay.
Be it adhering to lockdown rules, working from home, or attending to parents’ complaints, demands, and threats, math teachers and tutors had descended into a goblin math state, when they’re waiting to be fired if they didn’t call it quit themselves.
by Fasters December 5, 2022
Get the Goblin Math mug.when you are out in a group at a bar or restaurant and there is a shared bill and no one has change(usually for a twenty) or the correct amount for their portion of the tab . Thus follows a complex series of illogical but correct money swaps to come out with the correct amount for the bill plus tip.
Lets settle the bill. I think we need some table math. You give me a twenty, i will put in fifteen and cover you five on your tab and then you give him a ten. That should make us even.
by aperritano July 7, 2009
Get the table math mug.Blood loss is a cold math. The more blood you lose, the weaker you get making it more difficult to get help.
by The Dour Reaper October 15, 2013
Get the Cold Math mug.The calculations that college students do to determine what grades they will need to earn on remaining assignments in order to pass the class.
Usually begins around midterms in a procrastinating manner.
Usually begins around midterms in a procrastinating manner.
by alyzaraelynn December 14, 2016
Get the pass math mug.When problem solving with the lights off could help trigger your imaginary thinking, which could be a catalyst to experiencing that aha! moment in producing a creative or elegant solution to a wicked math problem.
Guesstimate many math educators worldwide could get their imaginations light up if they decided to do math in the dark—when darkness triggers their intuition for that long-awaited lateral solution.
by MathPlus October 12, 2021
Get the Math in the Dark mug.When rogue, inept, or corrupt opportunistic politicians downplay the high number of infections and fatalities plaguing their countries, by giving an oft-innumerate or gullible public a faux sense of security, who often loosely follow the health measures in place.
Fake right-wing “leaders” from the United States, Brazil, and India notoriously share a number of common denominators: use race or religion as a trump card, mask the math, and refuse to make social distancing or mask wearing mandatory.
by MathPlus April 2, 2021
Get the Mask the Math mug.An extensive form of math that takes a years of practice and understanding to master. The equation for Joe Math is, 2 + 2 = Chair.
by bggreenw1 August 29, 2016
Get the Joe Math mug.