Terryology

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noun

A fringe theory of logic developed by American actor Terrence Howard, said to be able to prove the statement "1 × 1 = 2".

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nounTerryology (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA fringe theory of logic developed by American actor Terrence Howard, said to be able to prove the statement "1 × 1 = 2".First known use 2015

    Because English, unlike Terryology, can be confusing, Howard later found himself clarifying a 2017 People interview in which he copped to making "terrible mistakes."

    2018 May 25, Amy Zimmerman, “Terrence Howard Is Accused of Violent Abuse. When Is His Time Up?”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 13 May 2022
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    He had a theory. It might seem crazy, it may even be crazy, but a long time ago he'd gotten hold of this notion that one times one doesn't equal one, but two. He began writing down his logic, in a language of his own devising that he calls Terryology.

    [2015 September 14, Erik Hedegaard, “Terrence Howard's Dangerous Mind”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2016

    Howard says he began professing his belief in Terryology while at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn where he was studying chemical engineering, and eventually dropped out after a professor refused to agree with him.

    2015 September 14, Chris Spargo, “Terrence Howard talks watching his father murder a man and Robert Downy Jr.”, in The Daily Mail, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2016

    Terryology began when Howard was just a chemical engineer student at Pratt Institute. Apparently, Howard dropped out of the program due to his conflicting views about fundamental math ideas.

    2017 October 19, Jennifer Borama, “Terrence Howard Has His Own Math System Dubbed Terryology”, in TVOvermind, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022

Origin

From Terrence Howard + -ology. First introduced by Howard in 2015 in an interview with Rolling Stone (see quotation).

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