chartjunk

Questions

What does chartjunk mean?

Unnecessary or distracting visual elements included in charts and graphs.

Where does chartjunk come from?

From chart + junk, coined by Edward Tufte in his 1983 book The Visual Display of Quantitative Information.

How to pronounce chartjunk

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