academic bulimia

noun

An approach to test-taking in which information is memorized shortly before the test and then quickly forgotten afterwards.

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Meanings

nounacademic bulimia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn approach to test-taking in which information is memorized shortly before the test and then quickly forgotten afterwards.

    The founder, Chad Woodburn, is a good friend of mine, a man of high personal character and scholarship who believes in real learning, not just regurgitation of memorized material. (Which he refers to as academic bulimia.)

    1999 April 2, Trn0, “Re: I am thinking about taking some theology classes”, in christnet.theology (Usenet)

Translations

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