When a child reaches a milestone like graduation, the proud and excited feeling can come with sadness because they’re leaving that stage of life. A Berea, Kentucky, listener proposes the portmanteau sad-abration, combining the words...
In Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble, Dan Lyons writes about slang he heard during his time working at a hot new startup. If someone was fired, that person was described as having graduated, and the word delight and the neologism...
spotting n.— «In this case, this was [the filmmakers’] master’s project at the School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkley, and they had to finish up before graduation. Music is usually considered to be post-production...
victory-lapper n.—Gloss: a high school student who takes more than four years to graduate. Note: A similar term at the college level is super senior. «As a fifth-year student at Mother Teresa, Matt Rossoni is what’s known as a...
early college n.— « Also known as “early colleges,” middle colleges allow students to earn a high school diploma and two years of college credit within five years. Such schools are designed to increase high school graduation...
middle college n.— « Also known as “early colleges,” middle colleges allow students to earn a high school diploma and two years of college credit within five years. Such schools are designed to increase high school graduation...