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Academic Anemia 

noun: a medical condition in which a student spends so much time working/studying that they neglect their body's basic needs such as eating and sleeping and consequently suffer from symptoms akin to anemia.

Symptoms include constant tiredness/exhaustion, lack of strength and vigor, shortness of breath, slower comprehension and cognitive functions, constant headache ranging from minor to migraine, and in extreme instances, blurred vision.

Most commonly seen in students in the weeks leading up to and including midterm and finals weeks.
After his last final Eric went home to sleep off his academic anemia.
Academic Anemia by Jotunheim December 19, 2010

Academic blackout

The condition in which a class or lecture is so undeniably filled with bullshit that one's brain turns off all function. This condition can cause a frustrating and confusing gap in the memory of the affected subject's for the period in which the class or lecture was attended and leaves one stupefied and belligerent.
"Dude, what did I miss in class yesterday?"

"I'm not sure, it was so boring that I had an academic blackout and I can't remember anything"
Academic blackout by Laxman33 November 10, 2011

Academic Gangsta

Being a boss in school while getting A's and B's.
Hey Cralisa you an Academic Gangsta at Hampton Univeristy. The real HU.
Academic Gangsta by T.C.P December 11, 2013

academic decathlon

a scholastic competition which involves all of the following:
1) the abuse of any number of anti-sleep substances
2) epic plastic swordfight
3) a 500 ton binder that won't ever be used for anything besides dropping it on the floor to annoy the superintendent on the first floor
4) a super-action-packed event called the super quiz, during which the honors students sit and laugh at the varsity students, followed by an intense jousting match
5) giving an interview and speech to a panel of three old, stoic and unfailingly unsatisfied judges
6) a vast amount of unattractive people

or, 7) a term used to describe anyone with large bags under their eyes, a vast amount of bruising or dry erase marker all over their hands
1) freshman year I used coffee to study lewis and clark, but i've found that anatomy and physiology requires crystal meth
2) did you see those freaks upstairs in plastic armor? the acadorks ought to be dragged out in the street and shot.
3) why does she have trouble walking into school on mondays and thursdays?
4) did you see that stupid kid who just got 0/5?! please, i got at least one.
5) my speech judge tried to hold up her "30 seconds remaining sign" but she was arthritic and so i continued on for five more minutes and got a 80.
6) hey, he's not bad looking... for an acadork.
7) that bitch in my ap lang and comp class? she makes no sense, she's so academic decathlon in the morning.

Academic Crush 

An intense and completely un-romantic appreciation for a person's intellectual or social level of sophistication or education.
My professor is so smart, I think I have an academic crush on her!"

Academic Ping-Pong 

The back-and-forth between university professors frequently contained in the scholarly literature. By this point, the arguments have strayed far afield from the reality to which they were once connected.
Professor Phillips's new article, "Medieval Literature and Kantian Philosophy: A Reply to Professor Dempsey" is just more academic ping-pong and not worthy of your time.
Academic Ping-Pong by King Maker August 29, 2006