chartjunk
English edit
Etymology edit
chart + junk, coined by Edward Tufte in his 1983 book The Visual Display of Quantitative Information.
Noun edit
chartjunk (uncountable)
- Unnecessary or distracting visual elements included in charts and graphs.
chart + junk, coined by Edward Tufte in his 1983 book The Visual Display of Quantitative Information.
chartjunk (uncountable)