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chartjunk

All visual elements in charts and graphs that are not necessary to comprehend the information represented on the graph, or that distract the viewer from this information.

Coined by Edward Tufte, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science at Yale University;
Member, Recovery Independent Advisory Panel for President Barack Obama
(1) USA Today had a graph with so much chartjunk all over it I couldn't even tell what the point was.

(2) His PowerPoint had so much clipart ! All that chartchunk hid so much of the real info that I was able to fall asleep for the whole talk.
by ksmanning March 25, 2010
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ChartJackers

Absolutely AWESOME people, who make totally cool songs to raise money for charity.
"Ohhh, Have you heard the song "I've Got Nothing by ChartJackers?"

"Yeaaaaa, The Guy Singer Is Hot" ;)
by HIIITHEEERRRREEEEEE! April 4, 2010
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Chartjackers

Really really really cool YouTubers who set up a project to raise money for Children In Need by releasing a single. :)
Wow, that new Chartjackers single "I've Got Nothing" is awesome.
by JaymieM October 20, 2009
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Charfunkle

to end a conversation, something that is wack, uncool, or involving Connecticut
This song is so charfunkle. I hope someone kills it until it dies to death.
by M. Pa May 8, 2011
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Czarjunkie

Originally derived from the russian word for somebody who pleasures their anus with a wooden spoon. But more commonly used now for any facination with anal pleasureing with any kind of kitchen utensil.

The most recent case being an un named man from Leeds UK. Who was caught in the kitchenware department of a local store attempting to insert a Kenwood Chef Food processor into his back passage. This was only discovered when store staff follewed a trail of extension leads into the carpark where the man was found writhing pleasure whist trying to have sexual intercourse with the exhaust pipe of a 1993 ford mondeo.
See that dude over there. He just stuck a cheese grater up his bottom, Bet he's a Czarjunkie.. PCworld Staff.. 1999
by D. F. Deviant July 21, 2008
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Chartuckian

A resident of Charlotte (char-lot), MI. Typically a deshevled person who enjoys shopping at Wal*Mart, and has multiple Yard Cars along with Various Animals such as: Emu's, Chickens, Ponies (including Escorts), Donkeys, and Lamas.
That Chartuckian over there only gots 3 teeth in his pie hole.
by IPNightly June 17, 2004
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carjunk

Carjunk is the crap they show you at the repair shop. These parts may or may not have been useful and worthy at one time, but, your teenager managed to shred them to bits. Now its carjunk, and it just cost you $$$$ to have new ones put in. That oughta teach you to let that little shit drive the family truckster! One night of rattass teenage driving beat the living daylights out of your ride to work Monday thru Friday!
My kid used the car last Saturday and it wound up home with a pair of bald tires, a transmission without reverse, and no brakes! Now I had to spend $250 for 2 new tires, $400 for some new brakes and stuff, and $1,300 for a used transmission. All I got back was this carjunk and I even had to pay $8 to get rid of the old tires!
by harold...of harold and rene October 1, 2011
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