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Gradiate
A made-up word used in music, specifically brass bands, which combines graduate, grade and possibly radiate, though the historical accuracy of this is yet to be confirmed. Normally used to describe dynamics.
Gradiate by doyleysthesaurus.com September 29, 2010
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Gradiate
Gradiate by Arti.Sapounts May 11, 2017
graduate student
Marissa, a graduate student, just attended a pointless workshop on conflict resolution just because there was free pizza there.
graduate student by Carla Cat October 29, 2013
Gladiate
The act of wearing the best mascot costume known to man. A responsibility held only by the few and the brave.
Gladiate by Lavendar Gooms May 5, 2023
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."
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."
graduate student by academicbubble January 7, 2012
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.
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.
College Graduate Dichotomy by collegegrad January 8, 2011
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