Maths - defeated by the English language?
"What are you doing?"
"I'm equationing."
"Pardon? You're doing what?"
"I'm equationing. I'm doing a good, hard equation. Right here. On this board. Look at me go..."
"Equationing?"
"Yes."
"Equationing isn't a proper word."
"Yes it is. I just used it in a blog post, and I'm an oppressed, shortarsed female science professor having a tedious moan about what we used to call blackboards, so f*ck off."
Equationing.
http://science-professor.blogspot.com/2009/10/short-work.html
Please take it seriously.
"I'm equationing."
"Pardon? You're doing what?"
"I'm equationing. I'm doing a good, hard equation. Right here. On this board. Look at me go..."
"Equationing?"
"Yes."
"Equationing isn't a proper word."
"Yes it is. I just used it in a blog post, and I'm an oppressed, shortarsed female science professor having a tedious moan about what we used to call blackboards, so f*ck off."
Equationing.
http://science-professor.blogspot.com/2009/10/short-work.html
Please take it seriously.