super senior
n.— «John Wilcox, a fifth-year “super senior” at the University of Alaska Anchorage, has a shaggy haircut, ripped jeans and an eyebrow ring. He describes his spiritual persuasion as druid and wears sandals without socks exclusively. Even in the snow.» —“Student organizes his own alternative fraternity” by Julia O’Malley Anchorage Daily News (Alaska) Mar. 13, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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