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Algebraic Anxiety 

The helpless, panicky feeling one experiences when completely and utterly clueless in algebra class.
I had a bad case of Algebraic Anxiety yesterday while learning how to factor polynomials.
Algebraic - Derived from the land of Ooo, this roughly translates to when something is so awesome it has absolutely nothing to do with math.
Jake the dog-“I'm connecting to the Internet with my mind.” Finn the human-“Algebraic!”
algebraic by The (n)Ice King June 28, 2011
Very cool, awesome. It helps if said in a faux- 90's teen voice.
That concert last night was algebraic, dude.
algebraic by Banana Burger May 28, 2009

Algebraille 

What blind people study in their algebra classes.
The blind teenager did his algebra assignments in braille, algebraille.

Algebraic Hysteria

The mixed feeling of madness, laughter, desperation, and awe that one feels when encountering Abstract Algebra concepts.
"Dude I can't do this anymore, all these numbers, set theory, equivalence relations, they're making me lose my mind, I feel like laughing and crying"
"Yeah, welcome to Algebraic Hysteria, you'll be feeling that for a while"
Algebraic Hysteria by bruxor August 19, 2025
The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009
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