academic mullet

A distinctive style of dress common among academic professors: a dress shirt and sport jacket paired with blue jeans. It is named after the mullet hairstyle since it can be described as "business on top, party on the bottom".

"I just got back from a big cell biology conference, and I've never seen so many academic mullets in one place."

by Ipsitilla January 1, 2008

academic freedom

A phrase used by College Republicans to declare their right to say and write stupid things in class and still get good grades.

I wrote all about the Iraqi - al-Qaeda connection for my term paper and got a D! The professor is a LIBERAL! What happened to academic freedom?

by SmStudent April 16, 2008

Academic Decathlon

A source of immensely funny words of the "day" (chairness). Also a great place for smart slackers to discuss every single thing ever.
May be used as and adjective, or noun.
Abbr. AcaDeca.

That guy's so AcaDeca, that he should get a gold just for acting the part.

I'm going to an AcaDeca meeting on Thursday night at 5:30-7:30 at the high school in World Language 107.

by Alex Nye April 24, 2005

academic inflation

When more people than ever around the world are moving through the educational system resulting in people needing to have PhD's for jobs that once required MA's and MA's for jobs that once required BA's.

I couldn't get that job at the McDonald's because academic inflation caused them to only accept PhD's in burgerflipping.

by sheedarara January 20, 2013

Academic Weapon

Someone that has a determination and discipline to succeed and always show up to school

"Wow Nils is such an academic weapon, he came home from his trip at half past four and is still in school today."

by Student.com December 12, 2022

academic exaggeration

When your professor draws an extra distinction where one barely exists or none exists in an effort to prove to you their superior understanding of the material. Typically used on examples and counterexamples brought up by the class.

A: "Actually, the truth condition of 'Santa Claus is your parents' is false. 'Santa Claus' refers instead to the idea of a fat man going down a chimney and leaving gifts, and your parents don't fit those descriptors..."
B: "....gdi."

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B: ">_>"
C: "Whoa, Richard used academic exaggeration on you again didn't he?"

by Semen-ticks October 12, 2010

Academic Vampire

An academic vampire is someone who forces others, via their position of authority, to produce work that they will then: 1. use with credit only to themselves and not to those who actually produced the work or 2. use to make themselves look more productive or prestigious to their chair, deans, other colleagues, etc.

That advisor is an academic vampire; she published the work her grad student and never gave the student credit. OR That supervisor had her graduate TA do all of her IRB and half of the data collection and never gave that TA any credit in the publication.

by Litchick09 October 22, 2017