Also known as “Singapore Maths.” The mathematical equivalent of Singlish (or Singapore English). It refers to the distinctive way local math teachers, tutors, and parents speak to their children when discussing school mathematics.
Singmaths, a bastardized form of British Maths, serves as the lingua franca in “fine” Singapore. It is especially common among expatriates who want to bond with locals while complaining about the dreaded PSLE math exam and the country’s enviable rankings in PISA and TIMSS.
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
church hurt is where you experience a degree of distance, pain, or judgement from your church community. Essentially, you are just unable to “find your place”. This is prevalent in the Christian community, but can be extended to other religions.
Now that I am an adult I am beginning to heal from the church hurt that was inflicted on me as a child.