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Theory provides ways to explain, perceive, measure, calculate, and explore a subject. A theorem is a conclusion derived from accepted truths, which may include some theories. Both theory and theorem are based on axioms, logic, and reasoning. A theorem, as a conclusion, can usually be proven or disproven unambiguously.
A corollary to this idea, and in some ways the opposite, is when something is defined by/as itself. A lot of times you will find this in bad dictionaries when the definition of a word refers to a word whose definition refers to the original word. I am wondering if there is a word to describe this phenomenon.
A complication is that the definition of graph in advanced mathematics is much broader: 'In mathematics, and more specifically in graph theory, a graph is a structure amounting to a set of objects in which some pairs of the objects are in some sense "related."
I think a better definition of clockwise is 'the direction that the hands of an analog clock move.' Often generalized to movement to the right. This also helps to explain counter-clockwise = move in the opposite direction to clockwise, or generally move to the left. –
empirical: Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic. Taking your example, checking the format of an email address is done by logic, to see if you have <something>@<something>.<xxx> format. But, you cannot logically tell by looking at the string that it is a genuine email address.
At the University of Missouri at Rolla, Gerald Cohen, a professor of foreign languages currently at work on a slang dictionary, has another theory. He notes the cant lammas in Eric Partridge's Dictionary of the Underworld, the lingo of costermongers in London around 1855, alternatively spelled nammou, meaning ''to depart, esp. furtively'' and ...
The word criticism means the act of criticizing (usually unfavorably but let's disregard that because as I said earlier our definition keepers can't maintain proper definitions of our words). Criticism is also defined as the art of analyzing or evaluating works of art or literature (so let's just call it the art of criticizing for short).
Prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove. OxfordDictionaries.com. A simple google search shows that to refute a myth is indeed actually used widely enough. It is also used in books, as seen in this Google Ngram Viewer (which also shows how the phrase compares with the more popular to debunk a myth).
The Jargon File has a good definition of 'handwave': handwave: /hand wayv/ [poss. from gestures characteristic of stage magicians] v. To gloss over a complex point; to distract a listener; to support a (possibly actually valid) point with blatantly faulty logic. n. The act of handwaving. “Boy, what a handwave!”
The second definition in JoeBright's answer is correct: thot is an acronym that stands for "That Ho Over There." The word has a negative connotation and is such sometimes used as an affectionate insult to close friends, but is almost always used to describe women.