Definition of diploma mill

diploma mill    

noun

• a college or university where the coursework isn't extensive enough, in the speaker's opinion.

  I'm not going to hire him. He went to State! That place is a diploma mill.

  • See more words with the same meaning: school (related to).

  Last edited on Jan 21 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 21 2013.

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Other terms relating to 'school (related to)':
fish	Definitions include: a person who has not had their first kiss or has never French kissed.
BMOC	Definitions include: acronym for "big man on campus".
all but dissertation	Definitions include: a student who has completed all parts of advanced education with the exception of completing, presenting, and defending their dissertation.
prof	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "professor".
ditch	Definitions include: to leave behind.
play hooky	Definitions include: to be absent from school without permission.
trig	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "trigonometry".
pull an all-nighter	Definitions include: See all-nighter.
homey	Definitions include: homework.
psych	Definitions include: said upon fooling someone.
bookish	Definitions include: studious.
ABD	Definitions include: acronym for "all but dissertation".
beast out	Definitions include: to study to excess or to be over-competitive in school-work.
all-nighter	Definitions include: an all-night period of awakedness to finish a task.
hw	Definitions include: "homework."
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Other terms relating to 'mill':
gin mill	Definitions include: a bar.
go through the mill	Definitions include: to suffer a great ordeal.
I wouldn't have that up my *ss if I had room for a saw mill.	Definitions include: a term used when observing something (an object, usually) that is completely objectionable or worthless.
run-of-the-mill	Definitions include: ordinary.

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