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[US] S. Hart Once Upon a Prime 41: In statistics, a data point can be higher than the mean, lower than the mean, or bang-on average.
at bang on (adj.) under bang, adv.
[US] S. Hart Once Upon a Prime 236: This stereotyped portrayal does mathematics a disservice, perpetuating the idea that only ‘freak’ geniuses can be mathematicians .
at freak, adj.
[US] S. Hart Once Upon a Prime 41: All writing has structure from the get-go.
at from the git-go (adv.) under git-go, n.
[US] S. Hart Once Upon a Prime 127: Naturally, he took this as a sign that God was okay with his interest in mathematics.
at OK, adj.
[US] S. Hart Once Upon a Prime 18: [T]he humorous limerick form has to get from setup to payoff in just five lines.
at payoff, n.
[US] S. Hart Once Upon a Prime 18: [T]he humorous limerick form has to get from setup to payoff in just five lines.
at set-up, n.1
[US] S. Hart Once Upon a Prime 242: I don’t buy this ‘young man’s game’ business [...] Admittedly, I have skin in the game, being neither young nor a man, but even so .
at have some skin in the game (v.) under skin, n.1
[US] S. Hart Once Upon a Prime 224: [I]f you try to wrap a rectangular piece of paper around a ball you’ll see the problem. Some parts inevitably get (technical term) smooshed together.
at smoosh, v.
[US] S. Hart Once Upon a Prime 140: Apparently the graphic design department said it [i.e. an equation] didn’t look exciting enough visually—could I zhuzh it up a bit?
at zhoosh, v.
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