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postdoc-osphere

A term to describe the realm of short term university appointments inhabited by postdocs.
"Did he get that professor job."

"No way dude, now he's applying for another post-doc. I wonder if he'll be be spending his whole life in the

postdoc-osphere."
postdoc-osphere by Hank the Monster October 17, 2009

Podochowdown

A buss as fuck chick-fil-a sandwich seductively topped with a slimy fat lardy mac and cheese and a greasy large fry. can be shortened to: Podochodo.

now a product of podochodo enterprises

ORIGIN:

created by chodo paola cosculluela.

Resulted in the creation of “LOS CHODOS”
i’m gonna hornswoggle the fuck out of that podochowdown.

that podochowdown is a fat petri dish for a new spawn of a fat lardy covid.
Podochowdown by podo llc April 25, 2022
Somebody who has recently completed a PhD and has no idea what do with their life after discovering they are completely unemployable. Anyone with the title "Post Doc" is a bright intellectual person without direction who is killing time waiting for the right job opportunity.
She was a postdoc at the university for ten years before she discovered that she had to find a permanent job to pay for the kitty litter to keep her family together.
postdoc by the lazy ass destroyer November 13, 2005
A postdoc is a Ph.D. holder who has not been able to secure a stable academic position and therefore sticks around in different labs. A postdoc often lives off soft money in a series of 2-/3-year appointments, until he or she lands a tenure-track position, leaves academia for an industry job, finds a room in the parents' basement, or commit suicide in despair.
Jane: "You know, something's eating away that leftover muffins on the table. Must be mice or roaches hiding in this lab."

Tom: "No, that's our postdoc John."
postdoc by a postdoc February 17, 2008
An awesome sporty family with high intelligence and huge talents!
They always stay together and help each other in every situation.
Potocki is a fortunate family and having a count title
Potocki by _stanley_ March 28, 2017

Going Postdoctoral

Describes a situation when a person with a PhD goes on a killing rampage.

A variation of going postal, but used to describe a person with a doctoral degree.
" But of course lots of people--even Harvard grads!--suffer career setbacks, and few of them go postal (or should we say postdoctoral?). source: "Going Postdoctoral The bizarre case of Prof. Amy Bishop, Wall Street Journal Online, February 18, 2010.
Going Postdoctoral by Oceanscribe February 19, 2010
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fauxstalgia 

Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.
Hipstamatic pictures, just like the vinyl-static added to digital recordings, is prime fauxstalgia
fauxstalgia by scotte61 December 16, 2010
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pajama casual 

Pajama casual is a term used when working from home and preparing for a video conference. All business above the waist and your pajama pants down below.
We have a Zoom meeting in a few minutes and I’ll probably go pajama casual.
pajama casual by jrod-knows March 31, 2020
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funflation 

The recent boom in consumer spending on entertainment and experiences with a high demand running up the cost of enjoying of those experiences.
I’m trying to go to this Taylor Swift concert but the funflation has made it so impossible for me to afford tickets.
funflation by Dfree523 November 17, 2023
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A US deep south term for an alligator. Usually used in the Cajun dialect.
Take the big pirogue, I saw a huge swamp dog out there earlier.
swamp dog by Crystal Ambrose May 22, 2006
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Throat Sweats 

The feeling and build up in your mouth/throat of saliva that sometimes accompanies nausea.
Oh man those burritos gave me the throat sweats, I hope I don’t have food poisoning.
Throat Sweats by TacoFings420 April 23, 2024
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Being ignored by someone when making a statement or asking a question. Also known as blanked and turfed.
Person 1: Did u watch ** last nite?
Person 2:......
Person 3: O no u got aired!
aired by Pietro February 9, 2005
Word of the Day on October 10, 2026
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