When an individual attends a private, Ivy League institution for undergrad followed by a public, state institution for graduate work.

A “business in the former, party in the latter,” if you will.
That dude has a total academic mullet. He went to Yale for undergrad and SUNY Cortland for his master’s degree...
by MackieD. October 25, 2019
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The urge to respond to something completely wrong with a 500 word referenced essay.
Annoying sign: The government hit you with a 25% tax increase on your cigarettes. How much more can they take from you?

You: Gah! Academic Tantrum time!

*pulls out health references and starts to write response, ignoring half finished study, then gets all passive aggressive and makes a post on Urban Dictionary."
by Elspeth Macyena April 27, 2011
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When there are multiple assignments due for various classes at the same time.
Me: Damn I have a history, sociology, English paper due this weekend. It’s an academic gangbang.
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The attention, retention and reproduction of information in an academic setting.
The effects of anaerobic exercise on academic work quality
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The attention, retention and reproduction of information in an academic setting.
The effects of aerobic exercise on academic work quality.
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An academic phoenix is a person who will crash and burn their grades for the current semester, with the hope of doing better in the next. "Pulling an academic phoenix" is risky, and is widely regarded as "a bad fucking move" as it can easily destroy your chances of getting scholarships if done wrong.

To be an academic phoenix, you have to be able to pull your grades back from the depths of hell. Otherwise, you'd just be a failure.
"Alright, I won't be able to finish my project in time. Guess I'll just be an academic phoenix."
"Dude, just stop being lazy and do your damn project."
by duckduckhellno October 27, 2020
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If more people thought it would they be correct or incorrect in thinking it? Would their account of reality be MORE or LESS concordant with objective reality?
Hym "Wow, you really refuse to take an accurate account of what's actually happening there, don't you? And you're doing it because I refuse to adopt a politically correct account of what happened with the mongoloid, aren't you? Yeah... I mean, I got the chicks phone number in my phone so... What happened? What REALLY happened? You're EXACTLY RIGHT! That thing you thought in you're shit-filled brain just-now? That you wouldn't ever say because it makes me look like I'm better than a retard. THAT is what happened there. The academics agree."
by Hym Iam September 28, 2023
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