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Work, Success & Motivation - School Life

Here you will find slang about school life, covering terms students use for classes, homework, and social experiences in education.

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someone who is considered the teacher's favorite student and therefore has advantage over others in the classroom

Ex: Being the teacher’s pet didn’t make her popular with her classmates.
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a student who jokes around and disrupts class to get laughs

Ex: I wasn't the smartest, but I was definitely the class clown.
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a student who scores so high on an exam that they ruin the grading curve for everyone else

Ex: Another test, another curve killer messing it up for us.
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band kid
[noun]

a student in school band or orchestra, often seen as quirky or overly into band life

Ex: Only band kids hang out in the music room at lunch.
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jock
[noun]

a male student athlete, often stereotyped as sporty but not academic

Ex: He used to be a jock, but now he's into drama club.
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gunner
[noun]

someone who's aggressively competitive, especially in school or sports

Ex: The class gunner sat front row with his hand up again.
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safe
[Adjective]

easy-going or lenient, often used to describe a teacher

Ex: We got lucky; our exam grader is super safe.
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a teacher who is easy-going and well liked by students

Ex: He's the only chill teacher in the whole department.
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mean girl
[noun]

a girl who tries to boost her social status by bullying or being cliquey, often in high school

Ex: He's terrified of confronting the mean girls in class.
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an easy class taken mainly to improve one's grade point average

Ex: Don't rely on it too much; GPA boosters can only do so much.
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easy A
[noun]

a class that's known to be simple to pass or earn a high grade in

Ex: Some people schedule their semester around easy A courses.
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mental and physical exhaustion caused by too many video calls or online classes

Ex: Zoom fatigue hit me hard after three hours of lectures.
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hoco
[noun]

short for "homecoming," the annual school event with a dance and festivities

Ex: We took so many photos at hoco last night.
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promposal
[noun]

a creative or elaborate way of asking someone to prom

Ex: Their promposal went viral online.
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a grade just high enough to pass a class or requirement, often earned with minimal effort

Ex: Everyone joked about their D for diploma after finals.
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the act of quickly offloading all memorized knowledge, typically during a test

Ex: Everyone laughed at my messy brain dump on the sheet.
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to do something with minimal effort or enthusiasm

Ex: I've phoned it in on several essays this semester.
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to study or prepare intensively for something

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to deliberately avoid work or put in minimal effort

Ex: I 've slacked off too much this month and need to catch up .
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to stay awake all night, usually to study, work, or complete a task

Ex: They pulled an all-nighter playing video games instead of studying.
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to study in a determined and serious manner

Ex: They go to the beach when they should be hitting the books and then they wonder why they get bad grades.
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to open a book and study, often implying one rarely does so

Ex: They've barely cracked a book for this class.
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