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sophomoritis

sophomoritis noun: a tendency of sophomores in high school or college to slack off and lose motivation as if they were seniors with senioritis.

Noun

sophomoritis (uncountable)

  1. (US, rare) A tendency of sophomores in high school or college to slack off and lose motivation as if they were seniors with senioritis.
    • It’s not unique, everyone goes through them, but I think it’s oddly understandable for things like this to contribute to sophomoritis.(Can we date this quote?), Madison Holt, Joselyn Pena, “Is “Sophomoritis” a Thing?”, in Her Campus
    • There’s now freshmanitis, sophomoritis, and junioritis.2024 May 6, Carly Heffernan, “What Even is Freshmanitis?”, in The Port Press

Forms of sophomoritis

alternative formsophomoreitis

Origin of sophomoritis

From sophomore + -itis, on the pattern of senioritis.

Questions about sophomoritis

What does sophomoritis mean?
Sophomoritis means a tendency of sophomores in high school or college to slack off and lose motivation as if they were seniors with senioritis.
What part of speech is sophomoritis?
Sophomoritis is a noun.

Words near sophomoritis in the dictionary

  1. sophomoreitis
  2. sophomores
  3. sophomoric
  4. sophomorical
  5. sophomorically
  6. sophomoritis
  7. sophomoronic
  8. Sophon
  9. Sophonisba
  10. sophonsified
  11. sophonsify

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