pimping v.— «Pimping is a term with a specific meaning in medical education, a meaning that has no demonstrable origin—and no clear counterpart in common usage. It is the asking of a student or resident, by an attending, of some question...
pimp v.— «I can’t say how long the term “pimping” has been used in medical circles but I first heard the term six years ago when I began working at a teaching hospital. The term comes from the fact that the clinical...
Westoxification n.— «Both shared common concerns about political freedom, the dangers of military and economic dependence on the United States, and the threat of cultural alienation due to the Westernization of Iranian education and...
pupil passport n.— «The rest of the substance of Mr Cameron’s announcement lies in the abrupt axing of education vouchers, or “pupil passports” as he called them when, a mere eight months ago, he extolled their virtues in the...
looping n. in the American education system, the practice of one teacher educating the same students through more than one school year, as opposed to the students having a different teacher each year. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
politrics n.pl.— «If that is so then Amir is learning, among other aspects of his professional education, that boxing “politrics,” as Lennox Lewis famously termed it, can be as hurtful as the punches.» —“Boxing: The boy...