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math

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /mʌt/ / /mɑːt/ / /mæθ/ / /mat/

noun

Etymology: Contraction of matha.

  1. Clipping of matha.

verb

Etymology: Clipping of mathematics.

  1. To perform mathematical calculations or mathematical analysis; to do math
  2. To add up, compute; (by extension) to make sense.

    Wait. This doesn't make sense. I mean, the math is not mathing.

    Some of the same people who called for the abolishment of the monarchy back during that explosive Oprah interview are now saying how sweet it is that baby Lili is named after her grandmother, how perfectly it fits her, and the math isn’t mathing. There is a fundamental contradiction here.