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exactimate

exactimate: a combination of estimate and exact.
(a) referring to the fallacy of 'Truth' as obtainable through scientific practices.
(b) a synonym of BS
(c) efforts made to convince others of a claim of which you yourself are unconvinced.
(d) a tactic that is often used when writing papers in the social sciences and natural sciences . . .sometimes with the aide of statistics.
The student had absolutely no idea what her data meant regarding the theory of Social Capital. However, passing her dissertation demanded that she convince others that her data did indeed say "something". Since Social Capital theory seemed like a safe bet, she decided she would exactimate and hope not to be caught. She figured that statistics might help create a veil over her exactimation, and she was correct.
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Exactimate

The estimate was a little off - the exactimate comes to $58.25.
Exactimate by Kanji_Flufenoff October 30, 2010
Too tired physical or mentally for normal functions.
At first I thought he was downcast, then when he spilled his cofee I realized he'd progressed to being exanimate.
exanimate by Maximillian Christman December 3, 2006

exactermate 

Exactermate (Exact-er-mate) is a friend you have that is always right.
Dude you know you act like an exactermate?
exactermate by GokuAnanta_SSJB April 24, 2020

Exastipated 

I was exastipated when I got home from work and so went to right bed rather than to the bathroom.
Exastipated by Notopos February 27, 2009

exacticate 

The act of being exact; to be specific, possibly to the point of painfulality.
A: About how far is the M4/A1's range, as a sniper rifle?
B: Over 300 yards at least.
A: Hmm.
B: 393 yards effectively.
B: I'd say round to 400.
A: All right, thanks.
B: The silencer would add maybe another 40 yards.
A: I wasn't going to exacticate, though.
exacticate by Blast September 18, 2006

Exastipated 

the dog was chewing my slipper but i didn`t do anything about it due to my exastipated state
Exastipated by ManageMOM November 30, 2016