math-out

n.

[poss. from ‘white-out’ (the blizzard variety)] A paper or presentation so encrusted with mathematical or other formal notation as to be incomprehensible. This may be a device for concealing the fact that it is actually content-free. See also numbers, social science number.

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A math-out approach to history.

(The next cartoon in the Crunchly saga is 73-05-19. The previous one is the frontispiece.)