ratio

plural ratios · error unknown tag plural rare rationes

1. A number representing a comparison between two named things.

   Scientists believe that the sex ratio is equal at conception, explained Steven Orzack, president and senior research scientist of the Fresh Pond Research Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

   2019 January 23, Susan Scutti, “Climate change will affect gender ratio among newborns, scientists say”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2020

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   On Monday, the issuer announced the addition of four new transfer partners — three airlines and one hotel chain — to its credit card rewards program, along with improved transfer ratios for several existing partners.

   2021 April 19, Jennifer Yellin, “Capital One adds new airline and hotel partners to its credit cards, improves transfer ratios”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 May 2023

2. arithmeticThe relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
3. abbreviationellipsislawEllipsis of ratio decidendi.
4. social mediaThe number of comments to a post or other expression on social media relative to the number of likes; a high ratio suggests disagreement with the contents of the original post.

present singular third person ratios · participle present ratioing · participle past ratioed · past ratioed · participle past ratio'd · past ratio'd

1. InternettransitiveTo respond to a post or message on social media in a greater number than the number of likes the post receives, especially to condemn or mock the original poster.

   The politician's post was quickly ratioed due to its controversial nature.

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   “Don’t help elect Trump, you egotistical billionaire a**hole,” the protester yelled. “Go back to getting ratioed on Twitter. Go back to Davos with the other billionaire elites who think they know how to run the world. That’s not what democracy is.”

   2019 January 29, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Former Starbucks CEO heckled at book event for weighing independent run: ‘Don’t help elect Trump!’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2022

   It used to be fun to watch tweets like that get ratioed back into their ugly corner of the internet.

   2019, Henry Chisholm, "'Who Cares? It's women's hoops'", Montana Kaimin (The University of Montana), 30 January 2019 - 5 February 2019, page 29

   Cue the goading Trump tweet (“Howard Schultz doesn’t have the ‘guts’ to run for President!”), the Twitter ratioing and the outrage from the left.

   2019 February 3, Pat Wiedenkeller, “Patriots, politics and puppies: Super Bowl LIII”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2021

   And, just FYI, here's how brutally the public ratioed that tweet.

   2021 January 27, Leigh Tauss, “Ghost Roast”, in INDY Week, page 4

   It is essential that you ratio anyone who comes for your honour.

   2021, @suburbanpoet, "Ratio or be Ratioed: Reluctant notes on Twitter", Honi Soit (University of Sydney), Week 4, Semester 2 (2021), page 16

1. neologismTwitterIndicates disagreement with a post the user disagrees with or dislikes.

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   "Ratio. YoungBoy is better." "What?" "Make better music. You fell off."

   2021, Lil Nas X, THE MONTERO SHOW