academic mullet

A distinctive style of dress common among academic professors: a dress shirt and sport jacket paired with blue jeans. It is named after the mullet hairstyle since it can be described as "business on top, party on the bottom".

"I just got back from a big cell biology conference, and I've never seen so many academic mullets in one place."

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academic freedom

A phrase used by College Republicans to declare their right to say and write stupid things in class and still get good grades.

I wrote all about the Iraqi - al-Qaeda connection for my term paper and got a D! The professor is a LIBERAL! What happened to academic freedom?

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Academic Decathlon

A source of immensely funny words of the "day" (chairness). Also a great place for smart slackers to discuss every single thing ever.
May be used as and adjective, or noun.
Abbr. AcaDeca.

That guy's so AcaDeca, that he should get a gold just for acting the part.

I'm going to an AcaDeca meeting on Thursday night at 5:30-7:30 at the high school in World Language 107.

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academic inflation

When more people than ever around the world are moving through the educational system resulting in people needing to have PhD's for jobs that once required MA's and MA's for jobs that once required BA's.

I couldn't get that job at the McDonald's because academic inflation caused them to only accept PhD's in burgerflipping.

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Academic Weapon

Someone that has a determination and discipline to succeed and always show up to school

"Wow Nils is such an academic weapon, he came home from his trip at half past four and is still in school today."

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Academic Asshole

A person who only cares abut the marks they get in everything and has no friends.

*James hey i got 100/100

*Max sooo what

*James im better then YOU!
*shut up you Academic Asshole

academic clickbait

When dumb scientists use their "smart papers" (ie: physicists with PhDs vs real engineers who actually develop progress) and use clickbait techniques in skewing searches with academic archives with intent of creating artificial interests for monetary/career/contrarian reasons.

Did u see the 1st picture of a black hole?
Yeah, too bad it's just academic clickbait as u cant take a picture of a black hole except for the gravitational effects surrounding the accretion disk... what suckers