A vague idyllic promise of success to lure parents into footing the bill for yet another useless graduate degree. Love junkie, lost, spoiled followers use this vague idea sculpted by school’s marketing materials of professors looking smart, students looking awake, and doctored photos of old buildings looking prestigious to convince themselves and parents of the merit in investing another 100k in their near useless kid, known by the step-dad simply as “sleep and eat.”
“Mom, I know a MA in Education at Harvard is useless, but I just fell in love with the program.”
Alcoholics / Narcotics Anonymous. A program to help recovering addicts by providing them with accompaniment and support.
Friend 1: Hey, want to grab a drink after the game.
Friend 2: *Shows sobriety coin* No thanks, I'm in the program. 4 years in today!"
Friend 1: "Sounds good! It was a pity invite anyway."
The person at your place of business who subtly or not so sublty manipulated events for his own amusement. Often instigates encounters with the likes of the goat and koliyah.
Hey koliyah, why do you think I am the programmer?