Shut up a degree, or better known as SUD. Is a reply students tell there, parents or friends, when they ask the dreaded question, "what do you want to do?", "What career are you interested in?", "What kind of job do you want?". And you, as a young adolescent have no freaking clue. So you choose a random degree that sounds flashy, like, "Well I'm interested in getting my doctorate!", Or "Law sounds pretty nice!". When in reality your just naming out any degree to end the conversation. In the end, you are trying to get them to shut up and move to another topic.
Parent of 15-year-old: "Hey Jimmy, what kind of careers are you looking at?"
*Jimmy has no interest in this subject and just wants to continue to play Fortnite*
Jimmy: "well, honestly I'm really interested in making you proud and becoming a doctor, probably a surgeon!"
*Jimmy is a germophobe, and has a major fear of blood*
*Parents shut up, and Jimmy continues to play Fortnite*
A prime example of the use of a Shut Up Degree
*Jimmy has no interest in this subject and just wants to continue to play Fortnite*
Jimmy: "well, honestly I'm really interested in making you proud and becoming a doctor, probably a surgeon!"
*Jimmy is a germophobe, and has a major fear of blood*
*Parents shut up, and Jimmy continues to play Fortnite*
A prime example of the use of a Shut Up Degree
by The.Weird.One March 18, 2019
Hym "I think I have first degree frostbite...y thighs hurt... Ouch! This weather is not conducive to, like, murdering children... Or anything for that matter. But my weiner is safe. At least."
by Hym Iam January 20, 2025
by terarrfyre March 21, 2025
A nerdish thug way to hint at something can't possibly get any higher without sounding like a cliche idiot.
by MarathonMan623 April 03, 2016
College degree that doesn't teach anything useful expect that it signals to employers that the holder of said degree is not an idiot.
BA Econ is a signaling degree. If you get good grades at a decent school you send a signal that you're hard working and smart. That's about it.
by Hypersion July 12, 2012
A tertiary qualification that aims to teach things that one would probably be better off learning outside of a university.
Someone: Hey bro, I want to major in entrepreneurship.
Someone’s friend: That’s a fake degree bro, your professor drives a Fiat Multipla. Why don’t you just start a business instead?
Someone’s friend: That’s a fake degree bro, your professor drives a Fiat Multipla. Why don’t you just start a business instead?
by GEGEEZI July 19, 2024