learning to fly

When you fart in bed and flap the blanket repeatedly like a bird's wing in order to waft the smell away.

"Did you fart?"

"No, I'm learning to fly."

by Leroy's Mama June 28, 2005

Learnings

Failed attempts masked as valuable learning experience, oftentimes made by overpaid consultants and strategists.

Yes, we spent $500k on this pilot that didn’t produce any measurable results, but we have captured many learnings that will propel our next project forward.

by pantlesschicken February 1, 2019

learnlink

1. The addictive email and conferencing client used at Emory University.

I've been on learnlink for 39 weeks, 5 days, 18 hours, 27 minutes and 7 seconds. Can you beat that?

by Marcus Brodzki May 15, 2007

learning swerve

learn·ing swerve
noun
noun: learning swerve; plural noun: learning swerves

the unpredictable and inconsistent rate of a person's progress, or lack thereof, in gaining experience or new skills.

"Nancy experienced a severe learning swerve when attempting to use the new version of her phone's OS."

by Wisani November 30, 2014

learning boner

A random erection that occurs during a lesson, studying etc.

While studying for the exam I got a raging learning boner. Guess I'm just that into comparative literature.

by stinky3 October 15, 2015

Cooperative Learning

A cheating organization, to better student's grade by uploading homework assignments.

Guy1: Hey guys I use cooperative learning
Guy2: HOLD, ON!!! that cheating organization thats morally unethical
Guy1: Psh i don't care.
Guy2: Okay I would love to use it.

by Codeman7865 November 16, 2009

Active Learning

Teaching in a half-ass way that makes the students have to go home and learn it on their own.

We don't have enough teachers this semester, so we are going to employ active learning.

by johnnyappleseed March 6, 2012