v. to fill in missing data with a
wild-
ass guess; to reconcile a deficiency in data by making shit up that gives you the result you desire.
Named after
celebrity economist Thomas Piketty, who filled in the gaps in his argument by making up numbers and passing them off as historical data.
I forgot to
save my receipts for that
meal, so I'll just piketty the expense report, claim it was $1000, and take a vacation with the difference.
I guess I should've studied for that test more. I pikettied half the answers.