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pie charter

A negative term used among geeks, especially in the data visualization community, for a person who is not very clever and/or tends to slack off.

The origin of the word is that a pie chart is an overused and frequently ineffective way to display information and statistics. Someone who uses a lot of pie charts is narrow-minded, lazy and stupid.
He did a very poor job on that project. What a pie charter!

Don't be a pie charter! You said you would clean the house today so do it.
by datarockstar August 25, 2013
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pie charted

Definition 1:

pie charted
Adjective
a pie chart is a type of graph in which a circle is divided into sectors that each represent a proportion of the whole. You have been "pie charted" when a pie chart is used in conversation or in delivery of a presentation that makes absolutely no sense or provides absolutely no visual context or visual assistance with the communication.

Definition 2:

Pie Charted
Adjective

When a pie chart is used in delivery and the audience or receiving end of the communication has been pie charted. Except in very rare cases, pie charts are extremely bad at making data easier to understand.
Speaker:
*Slide Presentation* And in this slide we see the full pie chart of potential by region and demographic.

Michael:
What you're saying and what you're showing do not make any sense. You just pie charted me.
by BigNerdLolz April 4, 2016
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piecharter

A negative term used among geeks, especially in the data visualization community, for a person who is not very clever and/or tends to slack off.

The origin of the word is that a pie chart is an overused and frequently ineffective way to display information and statistics. Someone who uses a lot of pie charts is narrow-minded, lazy and stupid.
He did a very poor job on that project. What a piecharter!

Don't be a piecharter! You said you would clean the house today so do it.
by datarockstar August 25, 2013
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