The state one is in when they are awaiting the birth of a grandchild. Waiting to become a grandma. Also nannavating, waiting to become a nanna.
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by jusTiNbumKin October 27, 2023
Get the gronkulate mug.To congratulate someone when you have little to no knowledge of their accomplishments. Or their names. Or English.
I'd like to gradulate the Florida Gators, Corch Urban Meyers, Percy Harveys, and the athletic school on winning a championship in the BCS Playoffs.
by Tom Quisan March 20, 2009
Get the gradulate mug.One who chooses to add to the breadth of their education by embarking upon a program that may award him/her a master's degree, a Ph.D, or no degree at all. While this decision may, under very particular circumstances, lead to a position as a tenured professor in a university, it will most likely lead to a decade or more of delaying the individual's entry to what most people would call the "real" world. Becoming a graduate student allows one to enter the self-perpetuating institution of academia.
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Typical sign in a physical sciences laboratory: "Do not feed graduate students and other lab animals."
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Grad student: "I'm writing a thesis on the remnants of Victorian culture in modern stereotypes of Transylvania."
Friend: "What are you going to use that for?"
Grad student: "I hope to become an English professor because if I'm lucky, I may one day out-earn high school teachers."
Typical sign in a physical sciences laboratory: "Do not feed graduate students and other lab animals."
Ex. 2
Grad student: "I'm writing a thesis on the remnants of Victorian culture in modern stereotypes of Transylvania."
Friend: "What are you going to use that for?"
Grad student: "I hope to become an English professor because if I'm lucky, I may one day out-earn high school teachers."
by academicbubble January 7, 2012
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by Sturmmann November 5, 2009
Get the Achtung Granate mug.When a person graduates from college, although they have a degree they may not be able to get a job because they don’t have experience. But, they can’t get experience unless they get a job.
The term was first coined by Dain Lewis on his blog the smart college grad.
The term was first coined by Dain Lewis on his blog the smart college grad.
Jack graduated from college with a degree in business. But, Jack didn't work at any businesses while in college. Jack then couldn't get a job after college because he didn't have experience. But, he couldn't gain any experience because no one would hire him. Jack found himself in the college graduate dichotomy.
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