Paul Erdos...

the followings are copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erdős

Other idiosyncratic elements of Erdős' vocabulary include:
  • children were referred to as "epsilons";
  • women were "bosses";
  • men were "slaves";
  • people who stopped doing math had "died";
  • people who physically died had "left";
  • alcoholic drinks were "poison";
  • music was "noise";
  • people who had married were "captured";
  • people who had divorced were "liberated";
  • to give a mathematical lecture was "to preach" and
  • to give an oral exam to a student was "to torture" him/her.

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