numberism 

obsession with numbers and calculations; life devoted to quantifiable goals: to earn more money, to eat less calories, to run faster, to visit more places, to possess more collectible items, etc.

Numberism multiplies quantities and destroys quality.

John in a numberist: he calculates everything, from calories in his meals to the duration of his sexual acts.

numberism by Mike January 4, 2014

Numberism 

A type of politics where a country is fixed using data and numbers!

"The unemployment rate is around 3 million"
"Then we will double our unemployment benefits"
The next year...
"The unemployment rate is around one and a half million"
"That's thanks to NUMBERISM"

Numberism by mr 1up July 27, 2022

Paint by Numbers 

Referring to something that lacks sophistication or originality. Typically describing a crudely made product of art.

That action film was such a cliche. It was clearly a paint by numbers.

Paint by Numbers by HitchSlapper February 21, 2018

Buzz Numbering System 

The system of counting used by Buzz, the fat older jock brother in Home Alone.

Basically it's useful, if you want to list three things. Instead of 1, 2, 3 or A, B, C...

A, 2 and D are used.

a) I'm not that lucky
2) We have smoke detectors.
d) We live in the most boring street in the United States, where nothing remotely interesting will *EVER* happen, period.

Buzz Numbering System by Comedy's Matt Lee and Dr Mark Cousens November 25, 2003

rolling numbers 

Verb: Slang for crafting a marijuana cigarette.

Whatever happened to all this season's losers of the year?
Ev'ry time I got to thinking, where'd they disappear?
When I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my Kiss records out

rolling numbers by Heuvadoches_Naumova May 8, 2009

The shinobi law of numbers 

The fighting capacity of the individual ninja is inversely proportionate to the number of similarly dressed shinobi present. Other wise known as the inverse law of ninjas.

The shinobi law of numbers says that all except one ninja will be cannon fodder, and the last one remaining will utterly wtfpwn everything else around him.

The shinobi law of numbers by Eloka December 13, 2008

running numbers

the number runners that worked for organized crime in the 20's and 30's. During this time the Mafia and other gangs controlled a lottery like game which was called the numbers.

The people who worked for the numbers racket were called number runners. They collected the bets from the gamblers and delivered the payoff when the gamblers won. Sometimes, these number runners were said to be "running numbers."

the winning numbers were often determined by the final digits of the winning payoff results of horse races. It is also true that when you compare the numbers game which was an illegal lottery to today's legal state controlled lottery, it did offer higher payoffs.

But, the numbers runners were not bookies. A bookie is a person who takes illegal bets on horse racing or sporting events. Contrairy to what the Wikipedia says, these two professions were not combined because the numbers game and sports betting were usually controlled by different people. Also the bookies took bigger bets and looked down on the number runners who survived by taking many small bets; hence the terms "numbers runner" and "book maker" refer to different people.

Running numbers in a Bronx tale, any old gangster movie

running numbers by Sparkyyyyyyy519 September 16, 2013