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thesisitis 

The feeling one gets when thinking about writing their thesis, usually making them feel physically and/or mentally ill.

Symptoms can include, nausea, lethargy, incoherent conversations and sometimes momentary lapses of motor skills (eg. walking).

Without treatment thesisitis can result in excessive desk chair racing and may result in injury.
Student: Man, every time I think about my thesis I feel sick.
Friend: Well maybe you've got thesisitis, it's probably a good idea to take the day off.

Student: Today I rode an elephant backwards up the stairs.
Concerned friend: Pretty sure you have thesisitis... I'm just gonna keep my distance in case it's contagious.

Thesis Guilt 

Typically when writing a thesis for a PhD, the author will feel guilt all of the time. When doing any other activity other than thesis writing, such as watching TV for relaxation, the guilt will always be there. The only known cure is finishing the thesis.
Jane is unhappy out for dinner with her friends because she has thesis guilt.
Thesis Guilt by NicTail September 26, 2011

the Seis 

n. an affectionate nickname for Ratty Room 6 in Brown University's Sharpe Refectory, where the brothers of Alpha Epsilon Pi eat dinner together every Wednesday at 6 pm
Jon: "Alright, I gotta run to the lab now, need to finish a Western blot."
Dave: "Are you coming by later for a little uh...a little...Ratty action at the Seis?"
Jon: "Definitely, I'll see you there."
the Seis by Railsplitter December 26, 2008

A Cruel Angel's Thesis 

(Zankoku na tenshi no teze) the opening of 1995 anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, cures depression, whilst the show itself brings all of that said depression back
"wew, my depression disappears when i listen to A Cruel Angel's Thesis"
A Cruel Angel's Thesis by ofrfr October 11, 2020

encryptment thesis 

The theory popularized by time-travel researcher Nicholas Meyler, that information from the Future, frequently about disasters, is often embedded or encrypted subtly (see "steganography") into artworks like music, or literature, as possible warnings, to avert damage.
The FBI could have used the encryptment thesis to deduce the September 11 attacks before they happened, but, instead, obstructed justice.

thesis scatting 

When one attempts to write their thesis, but can't make a thoughtful statement if their life depended on it and all that comes out is something that has the cadence of something thoughtful but lacks any substance or direction.
I read her paper and she must have been thesis scatting, I can't understand anything she wrote.
thesis scatting by tambully August 7, 2008