Term Paper 

Excessively long essays assigned at the beginning of a university/college term (or semester) by professors who have nothing better to do but create a mass of work for their students to do and for their T.A.'s to mark. Essentially the easiest way for the prof to have each student separately graded without having to do any work themself. Some term papers are research essays, which entail huge amounts of time spent in the library searching the book stacks and the e-journals trying to find appropriate sources for ones god forsaken topic that couldn't be a more rare one if hell froze over.

Term papers are basically a regurgitation of all of the research one has done or all of the lectures they've attended. Rarely does a paper end up being original since it is all based on something that has been previously published.

Most term papers are left until the night before they are due by students who have been procrastinating all semester and have realized they now have less than 24 hours to gain anywhere from 25-50% of their overall mark in that class.

Term papers are known as the bain of a student's existence. They are not favored by anyone in their right mind and some students actually choose to go into the faculty of science, which means they have to take math/calculus courses, to avoid having to write these lengthy essays.

student 1: man, Im gonna be up all night trying to write this damned term paper!

student 2: oh, I finished mine last month, it was a brutal one- good luck!

Term Paper by kittttttykat April 8, 2009

Term Paper text

Noun Any text that you receive that takes up more than 3 individual text messages often comes during a argument with a significant other

dude here it comes "beep, beep, beep" you just got rocked with a term paper text its on now

dude you have 5 new texts i have no clue what order they go in it is a term paper text

Term Paper text by Koooooooz August 7, 2010

termpaperitis 

Pronounced (term-paper-itis): a pejorative term used to describe a style of writing typically employed by academic scholars and some students.

The style is marked by long, drawn-out, but grammatically correct sentences, jargon, extraneous words, and generally dry text.

Typical symptoms of term-papertis: When reading the text aloud you may find yourself out of breath, gasping for air and/or your eyes glazing over.

Example of termpaperitis: “In addition to the ancient philosophical legacy of the Yijing that, by association, also permeates the traditional calligraphic script, writing and the characters used in the script came to be endowed with other potent cultural meanings.” –Linda Pickle in An Introduction to Chinese Culture through the Family

termpaperitis by ghostwriter782 November 15, 2011

termpapering

To be writing a term paper, or pretending to do above stated activity.

I was termpapering today, my mother thought I was working on my english paper, while in reality I was Facebook messaging my friends.

termpapering by RC5213 March 29, 2009

TermpaperMonkeyfest 

An all night paper writing party.

Molly and her friends are having a TermpaperMonkeyfest to pass thier Intro To Humanity class.

TermpaperMonkeyfest by Shalin O'Connor December 15, 2002

Termpaper

A term used to poke fun at word Ese. It's a play on the Spanish pronunciation of Ese which sounds like the English Essay. Term paper is an other way to say Essay. Ese's are usually Hispanic gang members or friends.

Joe: There's that termpaper I was telling you about.
John: Yeah. That Ese is going back to his barrio.

Termpaper by Jay Ry Po January 5, 2010