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English Major 

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Along with Philosophy and Int'l Relations, English is arguably the most difficult college major in the Humanities. This is largely due to the fact that being an English major encompasses the study of several other fields, including, but not limited to philosophy, psychology, history, sociology, law, and political science. English majors read and write far more than any other major, and offen suffer from severe caffeine addiction (or worse), insomnia, and manic depression.

Despite what lobotomized Business Majors believe, English majors (like many humanities majors) seek graduate school enrollment and end up with J.D.s, M.B.A.s, L.L.M.s, or Ph.D.s. Thus, they end up in lucrative careers with sexyass women. But best of all, they actually learn how to think and generally live rewarding lives because of that.
English Major: "Dude, we're seniors! I can't believe how much I've learned over the past three years! How about you?"
Business Major: "Excel and Powerpoint."
English Major: "... and?"
Business Major: "That's it."
English Major: "... 3 years of college and that's all you know?"
Business Major: "Yup. But Ima still be rich."
English Major: "Sooo you essentially just paid over $100,000 for Excel and Powerpoint lessons, but you'll still be rich?"
Business Major: "Hellz yeah d00d."
English Major: *facepalm*
English Major by collegiate5 July 10, 2010
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English Major 

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The thinking man's major. The English major excels in things like grammar, literature, critical thinking, writing, public speaking, and educating an ignorant population.
1. English majors usually go on to become brilliant professors, lawyers/judges, writers, or editors.

2. "English degrees are worthless." - soon to be unemployed business major
English Major by ohioman234 December 8, 2009

English major 

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Defined as "trash that doesn't get you a job" by non-English majors
Jimmy: english majors are gonna be jobless, man
Tom: bruh how do you know that? Wasn't your major business?
Jimmy: I just know
Tom: how
Jimmy: shhhhhh I just know
Tom: bruh
English major by I AM SARCASM January 3, 2021

English Major 

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Someone who will not have a job after they graduate.
Whatever happened to Bobby?
He's homeless now.
Oh that's right, I forgot he's an english major.
English Major by JanOLeary July 20, 2008

English Major 

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Person 1: What major are you doing?
Person 2: I'm an English Major.
Person 1: I didn't know you wanted to be a teacher.
English Major by Godyr March 20, 2013

English Major 

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1. One who went to college to major in English.
2. One who corrects your pronunciation of anything you say.
1. What are you goin to major in? "English."
2. Kara- It's 'electricity', not 'electwicity', you idiot!
Shawn- Shut up! English Major...
English Major by Firehazel August 22, 2009
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Striver 

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The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009
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SkyPesos 

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- Just forget about it, you don't have enough SkyPesos to fly anywhere.
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Quiche Peanemis

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Quirky niche peak cinema analysis
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Give me the quiche peanemis on the movie I missed.
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Hate Draft

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1. Select a player (real or fantasy) during a sports draft to spite or anger one or more of your opponents because they had intended to select him/her.

2. Select a player (real or fantasy) during a sport draft to put one or more of your opponents at a strategic disadvantage.
1. Billy hate drafted Chad OchoCinco because he knew Sam had wanted him since he is from Cincinnati. Billy already had plenty of players to fill that position but wanted to make sure Sam didn't get him.

2. Billy hate drafted Peyton Manning because he was the only good quarterback left and he knew Sam had been planning on drafting him.
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Utility beer 

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Person 2: Nope. I just have a bunch of utility beer that Steve dumped on me. Good enough for this. It is only 10:30 a.m.
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