cherry-pick

Etymology
A metaphor, from the idea of picking through a bowl of cherries and seeking the best for oneself, or the idea of picking off the cherries for oneself from a cake or dessert.

Verb

 * 1)  To pick out the best or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.
 * 2)  To select only evidence which supports an argument, and reject or ignore contradictory evidence.
 * From all the available statistics, the politician cherry-picked only those that backed up his ideas.
 * 1) * 2001, Ian St. John in sci.environment
 * You are *asking* for a specific *subset* of the data to *prove* a specific theory. That is 'cherry picking'. It is no more valid to 'cherry pick' data to disprove global warming than it is to 'cherry pick' data to prove it. That is *science*. You *must* deal with the entire data set. What part of this is not clear?
 * 1)  To position oneself near the opponent's goal to attempt to receive an errant or intentional pass for an easy score, as in basketball or versions of soccer where offsides are not enforced.
 * 2)  To broadcast selected programming from another network.
 * 3)  In source control, to commit selected changes from one branch to another.
 * 1) * 2001, Ian St. John in sci.environment
 * You are *asking* for a specific *subset* of the data to *prove* a specific theory. That is 'cherry picking'. It is no more valid to 'cherry pick' data to disprove global warming than it is to 'cherry pick' data to prove it. That is *science*. You *must* deal with the entire data set. What part of this is not clear?
 * 1)  To position oneself near the opponent's goal to attempt to receive an errant or intentional pass for an easy score, as in basketball or versions of soccer where offsides are not enforced.
 * 2)  To broadcast selected programming from another network.
 * 3)  In source control, to commit selected changes from one branch to another.
 * 1)  To broadcast selected programming from another network.
 * 2)  In source control, to commit selected changes from one branch to another.
 * 1)  In source control, to commit selected changes from one branch to another.

Translations

 * Dutch: de krenten uit de pap halen, alleen de rozijnen uitpikken
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 * Hungarian:, , mazsolázgat,
 * Maori: tīpako, tīpakopako
 * Persian: گلچین کردن
 * Portuguese: escolher a dedo
 * Spanish: seleccionar la cereza, escoger la crema
 * Swedish: plocka russinen ur kakan (pick the raisins out of the cake)


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