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Anthropologist 

Someone who mispronounces everyday words but can say 'Australopithecus Afarensis' and 'Orrorin Tugenensis' without thinking twice.
Ten minutes after concluding his lecture on 'homo heidelbergensis,' the anthropologist asked his colleague if she wanted to go for lunch at 'Chip-o-latte.'
Anthropologist by merrium-webster2.0 November 27, 2021

Recreational enjoyment anthropologist

One who studies "recreational activities" and the enjoyment experienced by people. Either first hand activity or by studying as others do so.
Courtney is a Recreational enjoyment anthropologist as she is the one studying her friends doing shrooms. During her studies she sits and laughs at their misfortunes.

Deadline Anthropologist 

A newspaper or magazine writer who creates inane articles about alleged dramatic changes in culture or society, even though the evidence is often flimsy generalties and select anecdotes.
Did you see that deadline anthropologist's article about American men now caring more about charity than acquiring personal wealth? Must be true because the pastor and kindergarten teacher quoted in the article said so.

cultural anthropologist 

someone who's so clueless about being a human being that they need to study and write papers about it.
our lecturer is totally bizarre!
oh, he's a cultural anthropologist. he's trying to "understand" this whole "living" thing.
cultural anthropologist by geek.neo January 24, 2011

cultural anthropologist 

Usually a social reject who must be banished to a far-off place for multiple years under the pretense of understanding how the marginalized people of the Earth live and think. Unfortunate groups that are forced to tolerate cultural anthropologists living in their midst usually send the village idiot to distract the anthropologist for as long as possible.
Cultural anthropologist speak: "Fed up with the banal and decrepit humdrum of American society, I took off for the remote lands of the Xanabu. They were overjoyed at my arrival and I have already taken down 100 pages of stories from the old blind man who greeted me. These are said to be sacred, ancient tales."

cultural anthropologist 

A person (either male or female) who is exceptionally hip and up-to-date. They have the coolest gear, say the hottest terms, and know all there is too know in todays world. They are usually between the ages of 20 and 30.
Bryan: Yo nice sneakers! Can I rock them for a day or two?

John: I don't think so bro.

Bryan: You have all the coolest stuff, you are always on the cutting edge.

John: I guess I am what you would call a Cultural Anthropologist bro.
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
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