dr_stones
We broke a six-pack in the store to get just one
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« on: May 30, 2007, 01:05:40 PM » |
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State a term, then someone else offer the definition.
Note: It must be a "made-up" term. No defining "Tenure Track," though "Tenure Truck" and "Ten-year Track" are permissible.
First term: Sand Bachs
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"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Samuel "Steroid Free" Clemens
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acrimone
The Red Queen's Court Assassin
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I am not a professor at all, despite what I say.
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« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2007, 01:29:13 PM » |
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Sand Bachs: The alternate title for the Tocatta and Fugue in Sea Minor.
Term: A Formative Action
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"All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"
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bibliothecula
Academic ronin
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like Bunnicula, only with books
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« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2007, 02:11:00 PM » |
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Term: A Formative Action: Failing one's quals, comps, or orals, resulting in the formation of a non-academic career.
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« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2007, 02:12:06 PM » |
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You need to provide a new term, bibliothecula.
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bibliothecula
Academic ronin
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like Bunnicula, only with books
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« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2007, 02:15:29 PM » |
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Oops, forgot to add a term.
term: Ducktator
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« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2007, 02:24:04 PM » |
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Ducktator: Any of the various wild or domesticated swimming birds of the family Anatidae, characteristically with a broad, flat bill, short legs, and webbed feet; rules a small country with an iron fist; enemy of the U.S.
Essoasso:
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dr_stones
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« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2007, 02:47:38 PM » |
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Essoasso: A colloquial term used by Venezuelan oil field workers for Exxon executives.
Empathotorium:
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Indefatigable Maverick Giver of Gold Stars and Ever-So Slightly
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Life is an endurance race. Pace yourself.
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« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2007, 02:53:18 PM » |
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Empathotorium: the place where all the empathic folks go to exercise.
Dissertatoration:
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Director of the CHE MYOB Professional Development Program,
An initiative of the CHE STFU Center for Professional Development.
Chairperson of the GAB CPE Series.
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dr_stones
We broke a six-pack in the store to get just one
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« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2007, 03:04:10 PM » |
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Dissertatoration: In history departments, training students for the practice of reading aloud their entire papers at conferences by first having them read aloud their entire dissertation, using the style and invective of an original Old English presentation of Beowolf.
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Inpleghmotion
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« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2007, 03:12:19 PM » |
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Inpleghmotion: Suddenly becoming paralyzed while on a flight to Cleveland.
Term: Sycophantropic
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spicoli
Hungry, if not starving
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Mr. Hand?
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« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2007, 03:19:44 PM » |
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Sycophantropic- A demented lover of warm, humid climates.
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Admit your weaknesses and therefore be stronger... weak!
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mirandaf
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« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2007, 03:31:26 PM » |
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Schmeebies: To get the heebie-geebies while schmoozing with a schmuck discussing Julian Schnabel.
Term: Rem creams
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« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2007, 07:47:31 PM » |
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Rem Creams: White substance created during REM-cycle [post self-edited for crassness.]
Rem Creams: Delectable chocolate and ice cream martinis which immediately send you into a REM cycle.
Pharmatationally
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I am the very model of a modern major general.
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« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2007, 08:22:37 PM » |
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Pharmatationally: to intentionally and spectacularly become a pharmacist
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« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2007, 08:24:13 PM » |
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Furdigenferdator: The person who cleans out all the funky crap that, once forgotten, grows in the back of the fridge.
Perspiracism:
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As always, CBL rules! All hail the CBL!
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