A German word referring to a student's assignment to prepare a report and give a lecture. Often used in English among exchange students in lack of a better word.
I didn't get to give my referat, because we didn't have time for me to give it. The professor just totally forgot about my referat, so I'll have to do it next week. And I stayed up all night working on my referat!
When a young unmarried man with no children refers to himself as "Daddy" with his friends or potential love interests to make himself seem cooler, wiser, and more authoritative. Used largely by men in their early to mid-20s.
"Daddy had a great day in the office and now he needs a scotch to celebrate. Why don't you go and get Daddy a drink?" (self-referential "Daddy")
All of the (not-so-surprising) fantastic things that a reference will say about a job applicant which is exactly why that person has them down as a reference.
"Did you check with Walter's references?"
"Yeah their comments were very referentastic."
When you've had enough of life's continuous struggles and life become repetitive and mundane. Resergrate is when you're financially stable enough to go into work and tell them confidently and gracefully that you don't need their job to survive and you're way too superior to put up with their systematic agendas. In other words resegrate means to build yourself up financially and emotionally to be able to say 'I'm not happy, I don't need this , I can walk away' and I shall do so with a smile on my face.
Secretary: 'I can't believe Lisa left, I thought she was happy here'
Wendy: 'She was, she's used to being her own boss, she didn't like answering to Vince and Marty and she was getting bored, so she resegrated'
Secretary: 'She 's lucky she can afford to do that, but others can't'.