&quot;While we&#x27;re at it, is there a name for when people tell you meaningless things like, &quot;I doubled my sales&quot;, only to discover the sales went from 1 unit to 2. It&#x27;s an error so common that I imagine it must be named by now.&quot;<p>Don&#x27;t know if it has a word but it has its own xkcd comic.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xkcd.com&#x2F;1102&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xkcd.com&#x2F;1102&#x2F;</a>