take a number

Figurative: "If you want to discuss this topic with me, you will need to wait your turn, as there are any number of others who wish to do so who got here before you did."

Comes from a line control mechanism that is found today with decreasing frequency, where one is requested to take a numbered ticket from a strategically placed dispenser and accordingly wait for that number to be called.

Your computer just blew up? Take a number, I've been getting calls on that all day.

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jimaginary number

A portmanteau of "j" and "imaginary" for the imaginary component of a complex number. This means the same thing as Imaginary Number, and typically this number would have an italicized i after it. In electrical engineering, the letter "i" has other and more apparent meanings, so to avoid confusion we pick the next letter, j.

Compare imaginary with jimaginary number
Sheldon would use 1 + 2i.
Howard would use 1 + 2j.

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Erdős-number

The Erdős number (Hungarian pronunciation: ˈɛrdøːʃ) describes the "collaborative distance" between a person and mathematician Paul Erdős, as measured by authorship of mathematical papers.

Mathematician Daniel Kleitman have collaborated with Paul Erdős so his Erdős-number is 1.

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number plate

Identifying plates fitted to vehicles in the UK (and elsewhere), carrying the vehicle's registration number.
Similar to License plate, Registration plate etc.

In the UK the reg. no. belongs to the vehicle, not the driver, and contains information about the age of the vehicle and the region in which it was first sold. The system is administered by the DVLA.

The reg. number is alphanumeric, and takes the form AB12 CDE on vehicles registered after 2001, or A123 BCD on vehicles registered before 2001.

Some scouse git has stolen my number plates. Now I will be done by the police.

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wrong number

Being falsely accused of taking a bad smelling shit in a public restroom.

"So i went into the restroom right after Josh had dropped this rank ass turd, then when i was washing my hands after pissing someone else came in and thought i was the one who stunk the place up. Josh totally wrong numbered me"

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crunching numbers

only thinking about the money and the fame and attention.

"they say i only think in the form of crunching numbers"

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fuck number

The setting on a Sleep Number® Bed used for fucking.Usually a much higher number than used for sleeping.

My sleep number is 35 and the wife's is 55 but our fuck number is a firm 85.

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