graduation

a ceremony in which all participants are wearing identical caps and identical gowns. The class speaker will usually state that the key to success is individuality.

At graduation, Mr. Anderson stated in order to be successful one must branch out from the rest.

by baybay23 April 5, 2009

graduate student

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.

Ex. 1
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

graduation

The best/worst thing for a high-schooler to experience before they take their leap into the real world. A last chance for friends/crushes/acquaintances/etc. to get together for the last time, and, hopefully, get phone numbers/e-mail addresses/Myspaces to talk to each other after they all leave high school.

At graduation, I tried to kiss my than girlfriend, she moved away from the kiss, and told me that she was cheating on me someone else. She than proceeded to graduate while my dad took a picture of us standing together with our diploma covers. Needless to say, my graduation sucked ass. Also, don't throw your caps when you graduate. I did, and got back one without a graduating class pin.

by DJ Retro June 18, 2007

Nigger Gras

Like Mardi Gras, but occurs nightly on the corner of Simon-Bolivar and Earhart by the Greyhound station in New Orleans. Usually as the sun sets. Instead of beads, you catch bullets.

Tourist: I wonder what all that noise is...is it Mardi Gras?

New Orleanian: Nah man, that's just Nigger Gras...keep your windows up and hide anything that's shiny.

by Dervishly Good November 5, 2009

Lesbian Until Graduation LUG

someone who for whatever personal/logistical reasons decides to be a lesbian until graduation. the seriousness of this can range from officially identifying as a lesbian (possibly accompanied by an elaborate coming out process) to avoidance of the offical term and simply fucking around with girls. rather like cinderella after midnight, these are the girls who revert back to the male half of the species after leaving the college bubble. a very common occurance at women's colleges. also has a counter-part in the term bi until graduation (BUG). most frequently used on womens college's campuses, the term may also be used as an insult or warning and is oftentimes by other women who have more romantic or sexual experience with other women (AKA lesbians/bi chicks who have come to terms with their sexuality earlier on and are talking about the chicks who're just now starting to explore).

suzy: wow....sarah's look rather hott. do you know which way she's swingin these days?

makenna: yeah, she finally broke down. about time too, after making out with the whole smith rugby team and STILL insiting she was straight. i'd watch out though, i'll bet you a quarter she turns out to be a Lesbian Until Graduation LUG .

suzy: sweet, nice to know. i think i'll ask her out for the next ani difranco/bitch & animal/alix olson show...

makenna: careful, i'll bet she also hasn't taken lesbian 101

by prosody August 19, 2006

Gradually Watermelon

This is what you get when you put Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran through google translate... Fame, fortune and a whole lot of ten year olds singing "Gradually Watermelon" over and over again at the top of their lungs.

Kid 1: Did you see the new shirt that Malinda Kathleen Reese released yesterday?

Kid 2: Ya! Last time she sold the gradually watermelon shirt my parents told me they wouldn't buy it, but now I have a job!

Kid 3(me): I heard about that! I wish I had a job so I could buy it in the re-release...

by AudOdd3 February 25, 2021

College Graduate Dichotomy

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.

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.

by collegegrad January 8, 2011