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[[File:Wumpuss-compass.jpg|300px|thumb|Artist's conception of | [[File:Wumpuss-compass.jpg|300px|thumb|Artist's conception of Wumpus-compass.]]'''Wumpus-compass''' is a [[catch phrase]] -- a pathological meme -- which causes disoriention, lack of direction, anomie, and similar [[Mathematics|math-related problems]]. | ||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
<gallery | <gallery> | ||
File:Electrocuting_an_Elephant.png|link=Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|1903: The short film ''[[Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|Electrocuting an Elephant]]'' blamed for wave of Wumpus-compass syndrome. | |||
File:Gysin and Burroughs distill Extract of Radium.jpg|link=Extract of Radium|Wumpus-compass syndrome linked to [[Extract of Radium]] binge. | File:Gysin and Burroughs distill Extract of Radium.jpg|link=Extract of Radium|Wumpus-compass syndrome linked to [[Extract of Radium]] binge. | ||
File:Si_Nan_Han_Dynasty_model.jpg|link=Compass (nonfiction)|[[Compass (nonfiction)|Magnetic spoon | File:Si_Nan_Han_Dynasty_model.jpg|link=Compass (nonfiction)|[[Compass (nonfiction)|Magnetic spoon]] discovers breakdancing, goes Wumpus-compass. | ||
File:Dinosaur studying mathematics.jpg|link=Mathematics|Dinosaur loves [[mathematics|math]], never gets Wumpus-compass. | File:Dinosaur studying mathematics.jpg|link=Mathematics|Dinosaur loves [[mathematics|math]], never gets Wumpus-compass. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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* [[Catch phrase]] | * [[Catch phrase]] | ||
* [[Extract of Radium]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* [[Imbrogliosis]] | |||
* [[Mathematics]] | * [[Mathematics]] | ||
* [[Scrimshaw abuse]] | |||
* [[Sympathy for the Devil for Peace]] | * [[Sympathy for the Devil for Peace]] | ||
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* [[Compass (nonfiction)]] | * [[Compass (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Donnybrook (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Runcible (nonfiction)]] | * [[Runcible (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Catch phrases | [[Category:Catch phrases]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:15, 20 January 2019
Wumpus-compass is a catch phrase -- a pathological meme -- which causes disoriention, lack of direction, anomie, and similar math-related problems.
In the News
1903: The short film Electrocuting an Elephant blamed for wave of Wumpus-compass syndrome.
Wumpus-compass syndrome linked to Extract of Radium binge.
Magnetic spoon discovers breakdancing, goes Wumpus-compass.
Dinosaur loves math, never gets Wumpus-compass.
Fiction cross-reference
- Catch phrase
- Extract of Radium
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Imbrogliosis
- Mathematics
- Scrimshaw abuse
- Sympathy for the Devil for Peace