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Subject: Indecent math jargon
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Date: 2018-06-19T16:43:41
Newsgroup: talk.mjd.math-terminology-indecent
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A couple of times I have witnessed discussions of what mathematical term is the most off-color or indecent-sounding. Of course someone always mentions the hairy ball theorem immediately and this is usually acclaimed the best (worst?).

But in my opinion the winner is “the class of forbidden minors”.