tbrmath
/ˌtiːbiːˈɑːrˌmæθ/nounVerified NewThe self-deceptive accounting by which readers reconcile unread books with reading time.
The to-be-read pile is audited with generous assumptions and fiction; the arithmetic only works if one lives to 140.
Etym. — *TBR* (to-be-read, established reader slang) + *math*.
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