Applications
A pure mathematician brags about 'applications' to another branch of pure math, earning a withering look from an applied mathematician.
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Pure mathematician: "And our work has applications in the study of finite fields!"
Applied mathematician: "In other words, your daydreams have applications as idle fantasies."
[Caption] "Warning to Pure Mathematicians: Do not use the word 'applications' around actual applied mathematicians."