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Jackademic

Alternative form for Jacademic:

Person/People (usually with a university background or a similar form of higher education) who decide to speak in convoluted, very jargon oriented terms about general subjects/topics with the main intent to either: show off their supposed expertise; their superior intellect over their audience; or both.

The main feeling of their audience, however, would typically be "what a long-winded prick..." or a similar negative thought.

Expanding from this, politicians could be described as Jacademics with enhanced convolution and word play abilities.

Term first heard from (Ninja/J-Sel, CoB, 2012)

Professor at dinner party: You know Charles, the stagnant, and you could even say bearish, state of the economy is fundamentally a result of the proliferation of questionable securities and derivatives products offered by major investment banks with the help of their Federal Reserve and Politician friends.

Thought of a general listener: What a Jacademic / Jackademic!
Professor at dinner party: You know Charles, the stagnant, and you could even say bearish, state of the economy is fundamentally a result of the proliferation of questionable securities and derivatives products offered by major investment banks with the help of their Federal Reserve and Politician friends.

Thought of a general listener: What a Jacademic / Jackademic!
by Realityshow_2 September 3, 2013
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Jacademic / Jackademic

Person/People (usually with a university background or a similar form of higher education) who decide to speak in convoluted, very jargon oriented terms about general subjects/topics with the main intent to either: show off their supposed expertise; their superior intellect over their audience; or both.

The main feeling of their audience, however, would typically be "what a long-winded prick..." or a similar negative thought.

Expanding from this, politicians could be described as Jacademics with enhanced convolution and word play abilities.

Term first heard from (Ninja/J-Sel, CoB, 2012)
Professor at dinner party: You know Charles, the stagnant, and you could even say bearish, state of the economy is fundamentally a result of the proliferation of questionable securities and derivatives products offered by major investment banks with the help of their Federal Reserve and Politician friends.

Thought of a general listener: What a Jacademic / Jackademic!
by Realityshow October 18, 2012
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hackademic

A person with a background as both a hacker and an academic (usually with a PhD).

It is not restricted to computer security, but it's often used in this context.
"I have heard that Professor Smith is playing CTF with students!"

"Yeah, he loves this stuff, he's such an hackademic"
by invalidreference September 26, 2021
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Jankadelic

Electronic music typically composed on equipment that doesn't function entirely properly or with an intentionally incorrect musical structure.
Their music was funky, but that off-time synthesizer that is missing keys made it really jankadelic.
by Wicker Basket November 24, 2011
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Rackademic

A woman who earns her degree solely on the size of her breasts.
She doesn't have a brain in her head. She's a rackademic.
by Mel Feasance December 9, 2008
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jockademia

This is a term used to encompass all the sports analysts, commentators, radio hosts. It is a spin-off of the word 'academia' which refers to the collective interests of university professors.
Jockademia chose the Pats to defeat the New York Giants and go 19-0.

Jockademia expected Kansas and Pitt to reach the Final Four.

Members of the Jockademia could not come to a consensus whether the lockout would even occur.
by dats smart April 26, 2011
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yackademic

anything affiliated with academia that makes you want to hurl
Meaningless busy work is, you know, yackademic.

The article we had to read made no sense. It was yackademic.
by spenceronehalf November 2, 2006
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