When a higher status, entitled, "tenured" professor gets angry at, shouts at, or "rages" against those lower in status then him (usually its done by males). Often directed at untenured faculty, secretaries & admin, or PhD students over minor issues or perceived slights to their high status.
That guy Professor Zuck really tenure raged yesterday at the faculty meeting when someone suggested we have fewer meetings.
The difference in the overall personalities and classroom behavior between teachers (specifically high school teachers) who have received tenure, and those who have not. For example, a teacher without tenure may be overly cautious in class in order to avoid offending anybody in the slightest, whereas a tenured teacher simply couldn't give a shit.
Person 1: "Hey, dude, how do you think our chemistry teacher got away with whipping his dick out in class?"
Person 2: "You know, the tenure gap."
Person 2: "You know, the tenure gap."
by Pleco September 28, 2017
A university professor who has reached tenure, but loves giving anyone and everyone a hard time no matter what.
Man 1: Have you responded to Fran’s service ticket?
Man 2: Hell no! She’s probably being a tenure troll again.
Man 2: Hell no! She’s probably being a tenure troll again.
by Woof22Woof October 27, 2019
A scientific publication of mediocre quality published in a respectable scientific journal exclusively thanks to connections of the senior author. The connections are frequently a result of doing a PhD in a respectable lab at a respectable university under a supervision of a professor with a respectable reputation. The 'tenure track paper' doesn't really explain anything of scientific merit and usually has only one objective - to fill out one spot in a necessary publications quota of the senior author to secure the permanent Associate Professor position within the university, aka the tenure.
A: "What do you think of the paper of Long which just came out recently?"
B: "I'm wondering why he is getting paid to do this "research". Classic 'tenure track paper'...
B: "I'm wondering why he is getting paid to do this "research". Classic 'tenure track paper'...
by MMs November 4, 2014
by niggerthoughts April 10, 2022
When someone highlights how long they have been doing something (years playing a sport, years working in a company, years living in a neighborhood, years sober, overall age, etc). This is type of brag or showing off, highlighting the speaker's status based on the amount of time they've been around
There goes Thomas tenure bragging again about how he's been sober longer than anyone else at the party!
by Human Peacocking May 13, 2023
When someone brags about how long they've been doing something - It is generally an age/time related brag ("I've been doing this since you were in diapers!") but can also be the number of times they've done it ("this is my 15th time at burning man!"), etc.
We made it about 15 minutes into the neighborhood meeting before Tom started tenure bragging about how he's lived on that street the longest!
by Human Peacocking May 15, 2023