When authors of pop math books or e-books try to give their readers a make-believe mathematical experience, by keeping formulas and equations to a minimum, because for the publisher, every additional equation in the book has the potential of halving the sales figures.
Dubbed as “math lite,” armchair math goes some way in helping math-anxious readers appreciate the beauty, ubiquity, and utility of math in real life.
by Covido April 12, 2022
Get the Armchair Mathmug. Brain-unfriendly math questions that have been commissioned by superstitious owners of tuition centers in Singapore—who were unprovenly advised by feng shui masters or charlatans—to freelance writers, as the bosses believe that posing these word problems to their students or tutees would bring them good luck and prosperity in the Lunar Year of the Tiger.
It’s as if traditional Singapore math questions aren’t tough enough for students and their kiasu parents, but now with tuition or enrichment centers terrorizing their students with tiger math toughies in the name of superstition, the Year of the Tiger looks like another mathematical nightmare to those who are already suffering from math anxiety.
by Fasters January 22, 2022
Get the Tiger Mathmug. The logical study and application of basic mathematical principles to deduce when your significant other was last with their ex-boyfriend or girlfriend.
While founded in the scientific theory, ex-math should not be considered for a major field of study as the process is often characterized by the absence of objective and rational thought.
While founded in the scientific theory, ex-math should not be considered for a major field of study as the process is often characterized by the absence of objective and rational thought.
Girlfriend: "I wondered after I left about the age you said you were when you were with XX so I put everything in a calendar. You said you were 24 so that was a couple of months before me? :-) sorry. I try not to be curious about stuff as that is typically not a good thing. But I wondered it and so I'm just...um..saying that I was curious."
Boyfriend: "Well if you're going to use ex-math, put it on a Chinese calendar. That way I haven't been with her since last year. Does that make you feel better?"
Boyfriend: "Well if you're going to use ex-math, put it on a Chinese calendar. That way I haven't been with her since last year. Does that make you feel better?"
by Drexlzorg November 9, 2011
Get the Ex-Mathmug. A phrase intended to challenge the improper use of “Same-Same” to describe two similar, yet very contrasting, things.
It was obvious Kyle’s ability to de-escalate an argument needed improvement when he mocked Heather’s comparison of looking and touching by responding, “meth-math”.
by Karen&KyleKoss April 12, 2021
Get the Meth-Mathmug. 
by waytoosmort August 13, 2023
Get the Math Teachermug. A math joke book you pick up in the bathroom to destress yourself every time you do your business, when your giggling or laughing could help cover up the sound of your relatively loud farting.
Fred likes to amuse his girlfriends with the toilet math jokes he still recalls, when he’s killing two birds with a stone.
by Fasters January 12, 2022
Get the Toilet Mathmug.