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Spiders Georg

Spiders Georg proper noun: a notional extreme outlier in a population; originally characterized as a cave-dwelling hermit who eats 10,000 spiders per day and thus skews the statistical average for all humanity.

Proper noun

Spiders Georg (plural Spiders Georgs)

  1. (Internet, humorous) A notional extreme outlier in a population; originally characterized as a cave-dwelling hermit who eats 10,000 spiders per day and thus skews the statistical average for all humanity.
    • “The consistent pattern is that the most common number is zero. Most people do not transmit,” said Jamie Lloyd-Smith, another infectious disease specialist, sounding a bit like the statistics meme Spiders Georg.2020 June 3, Lissa Harris, Phillip Pantuso, Roger Hannigan Gilson, “Coronavirus Roundup: Superspreaders May Account for Most COVID-19 Transmission”, in The River
    • He's officially become the "Spiders Georg" of world leaders.2023 August 15, Madison Hall, “The average US president has been charged with 2 felonies now, thanks to Trump”, in Business Insider

Forms of Spiders Georg

pluralSpiders Georgs

Origin of Spiders Georg

From a 2013 Tumblr post by Max Lavergne inventing a satirical explanation for a popular urban legend claiming that the average person swallows three spiders a year: "Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 [spiders] each day, is an outlier adn^([sic]) should not have been counted."

Words formed from Spiders Georg

Questions about Spiders Georg

What does Spiders Georg mean?
Spiders Georg means a notional extreme outlier in a population; originally characterized as a cave-dwelling hermit who eats 10,000 spiders per day and thus skews the statistical average for all humanity.
What part of speech is Spiders Georg?
Spiders Georg is a proper noun.

Words near Spiders Georg in the dictionary

  1. Spiderman kiss
  2. spidermen
  3. spiderous
  4. spiderphobia
  5. spiders
  6. Spiders Georg
  7. spiders' webs
  8. spidership
  9. spidertaur
  10. spidertaurs
  11. spiderweb

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