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When one gets a boner or becomes horny when they get a good grade.
Bill proceeded to jack off in the bathroom after glancing at his 100 on his test. He was in the state of academic arousal.
by Mushroomhoues January 22, 2017
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Academic Vampire

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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
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academic clickbait

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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
by M.K.Ultra April 10, 2019
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academic nude

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Taking pictures of your (mostly) naked body meant to invoke eroticism but also you're in university.
Luna: Send academic nudes
Lisa: I can't i'm doing an assignment right now
by CanineTrash January 15, 2021
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AcademicPaperPros

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The one who helps in Academic Papers
Whenever in need, AcademicPaperPros is my savior.
by Gabuyyy August 31, 2021
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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.
"I was up all night doing academic parkour, man"
by Norwegian Wineaholic November 25, 2021
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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.
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
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