Publish or perish in the ivory tower of learning outcomes.
A student who temporarily leaves college with intention to return, as opposed to dropping out permanently. It's the polite term for academic limbo, distinguishing intentional breaks from giving up.
The desperate act of aimlessly surfing the internet during class to combat soul-crushing boredom, clicking random Wikipedia articles and YouTube videos just to survive another period.
The art of playing hooky with a legitimate excuse—you're actually being productive by catching up on work, dodging tests, or negotiating deadline extensions. It's procrastination's classier cousin who at least shows up with a briefcase.
A designated block of time for conducting business, whether it's a legislative body convening or musicians jamming together. It's the operational unit of activity—when things actually happen.
A comprehensive, authoritative treatise or summary of knowledge on a subject, usually theological or philosophical. Think of it as the 'ultimate guide' written by medieval scholars who had way too much time and remarkably small fonts.
Fancy geology-speak for 'sitting directly on top of something else'; the kind of word that makes geologists feel intellectually superior at parties.
In music, the symbol (♯) that raises a note a semitone higher—the accidental that makes your sheet music look more complicated than it actually is.
Accumulated particles of dirt, minerals, and organic matter that settle to the bottom of water bodies over time—the archaeological and geological equivalent of the dust bunnies under your bed.
Live instruction where everyone shows up at the same time, which brings back the convenience of forcing yourself awake for 8 AM lectures.
A measurable statement of what students should be able to do after completing a course, as opposed to what they'll actually remember.
Reviewing material at increasing intervals to move it to long-term memory—the opposite of cramming and actually backed by neuroscience.
A sneaky linguistic element that does grammatical heavy lifting but technically isn't part of the word's original root. In traditional grammar analysis, servile elements are the morphological equivalent of method actors—essential to the scene but not credited in the original script.