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?"
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
Get the academic exaggerationmug. The next tier up from academic weapon. A person who, even when giving absolutely zero effort, does amazing in school.
Did you hear Dave got straight As and didn’t even study all semester? He really is an academic wizard.
by Simpyg June 11, 2023
Get the academic wizardmug. When dumb scientists use their "smart papers" (ie: physicists with PhDs vs real engineers who actually develop progress) and use clickbait techniques in skewing searches with academic archives with intent of creating artificial interests for monetary/career/contrarian reasons.
Did u see the 1st picture of a black hole?
Yeah, too bad it's just academic clickbait as u cant take a picture of a black hole except for the gravitational effects surrounding the accretion disk... what suckers
Yeah, too bad it's just academic clickbait as u cant take a picture of a black hole except for the gravitational effects surrounding the accretion disk... what suckers
by M.K.Ultra April 10, 2019
Get the academic clickbaitmug. by meowmlg August 26, 2015
Get the Academic Assholemug. The ability to not give a crap about school, homework, or studying, disregard them near-completely, and still achieve a passing grade.
I noticed my academic immunity take a hard dive when those teacher-bitches moved me up into accelerated classes.
by WingsofaDracky September 13, 2011
Get the Academic Immunitymug. When you try to write an academic paper, but none of the sentences in your paragraph are cohesive. Academic parkour is recognized by the act of jumping between different conclusions without knowing where you'll end up.
by Norwegian Wineaholic November 25, 2021
Get the Academic Parkourmug. The level of oral, written, auditory, and visual language proficiency required to learn effectively in schools and academic programs.
The language used in classroom lessons, books, tests, and assignments, and it’s the language that students are expected to learn and achieve fluency in.
Frequently contrasted with “conversational” or “social” language, academic language includes a variety of formal-language skills.
Academic Language can be seen as an economic and racial barrier to achieving the grades necessary to gain higher education. Academic language is often code for "white language" or the language used by the dominant racial and economic class in society.
The language used in classroom lessons, books, tests, and assignments, and it’s the language that students are expected to learn and achieve fluency in.
Frequently contrasted with “conversational” or “social” language, academic language includes a variety of formal-language skills.
Academic Language can be seen as an economic and racial barrier to achieving the grades necessary to gain higher education. Academic language is often code for "white language" or the language used by the dominant racial and economic class in society.
When I wrote my thesis statement in the first person and explained why I felt the topic was important, my teacher told me that I was writing to casually and needed to use academic language in my paper.
by CoughCoffee February 26, 2022
Get the academic languagemug.