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slackademic 

A perpetual student who prefers the safety and comfort of academic life over the trials and tribulations of the real world. source: http://www.wordspy.com
I am a non-slackademic. See my article on Virtual Librarianship: A Non-Slackacademic Approach
slackademic by Dr. Mohamed Taher December 9, 2008
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slackademic 

slackademic - someone who has continuously gone to college since graduating high school, is over 24 and still has not received a bachelors degree.
"i'm afraid if i go to junior college after high school i will turn into a slackademic"
slackademic by pedro calhoun January 12, 2004

Blacademic 

An adjective describing a black student who focuses on the learning aspect of school.

A portmanteau of "black" and "academic".
Jake: Why does every show on the Disney Channel have some blacademic kid as one of the characters?

Chris: I don't know, that's a good question.
Blacademic by PulpFiction November 5, 2009

slackademic 

A student, or intellectual, whom regularly isn't intellectually curious about every aspect of their discipline. Also a student, or intellectual, whom regularly finds ways to reduce his/her workload, due to laziness.
The slackademic spent most of lecture analyzing the professor's words and emotions in order to glean only the most important ideas to reduce the amount of material to review in preparation for the exam.
slackademic by slackademic August 25, 2004

Blackademics 

Knowledge of the culture, and history of black people.
Low End Theory was a revolutionary album in the history of hip hop says one Blackademics professor
Blackademics by BlackJon November 30, 2010

blackanomics 

a social conscienceness that focuses on economic empowerment of the african diaspora, which in turn is to be transfered intergenerationally for the next one hundred years.
The next movement towards freedom will not be a movement for civil rights, but a movement towards economic power which in this country equals freedom... BLACKANOMICS.

Examples:

Rev. Floyd Flake, Blackanomist

George C. Fraser, Blackanomist

Professor Cornell West, Blackanomist

Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, Blackanomist

Dr. Martin Luther King, Blackanomist
blackanomics by the entrepronegro January 3, 2008