Terryology

English

Etymology

From Terrence Howard +‎ -ology. First introduced by Howard in 2015 in an interview with Rolling Stone (see quotation).

Noun

Terryology (uncountable)

1. A fringe theory of logic developed by American actor Terrence Howard, said to be able to prove the statement "1 × 1 = 2". [from 2015]
   • [2015 September 14, Erik Hedegaard, “Terrence Howard's Dangerous Mind”, in Rolling Stone‎^[1], archived from the original on 2016-03-04:

     He had a theory. It might seem crazy, it may even be crazy, but a long time ago he'd gotten hold of this notion that one times one doesn't equal one, but two. He began writing down his logic, in a language of his own devising that he calls Terryology.]

   • 2015 September 14, Chris Spargo, “Terrence Howard talks watching his father murder a man and Robert Downy Jr.”, in The Daily Mail‎^[2], archived from the original on 2016-02-01:

     Howard says he began professing his belief in Terryology while at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn where he was studying chemical engineering, and eventually dropped out after a professor refused to agree with him.

   • 2017 October 19, Jennifer Borama, “Terrence Howard Has His Own Math System Dubbed Terryology”, in TVOvermind‎^[3], archived from the original on 2022-11-29:

     Terryology began when Howard was just a chemical engineer student at Pratt Institute. Apparently, Howard dropped out of the program due to his conflicting views about fundamental math ideas.

   • 2018 May 25, Amy Zimmerman, “Terrence Howard Is Accused of Violent Abuse. When Is His Time Up?”, in The Daily Beast‎^[4], archived from the original on 2022-05-13:

     Because English, unlike Terryology, can be confusing, Howard later found himself clarifying a 2017 People interview in which he copped to making "terrible mistakes."