grade grubbing
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The practice of a student (especially one in college) seeking to improve their academic grades through negotiation, flattery, or persistent argumentation without substantive justification.
American usage; Derogatory; Slang; Uncountable
verb
present participle and gerund of grade grub
Example Sentences
- "Today's students are often painted with the generational brush of being grade-grubbing snowflakes, a prejudice accelerated by the 2014 publication of William Deresiewicz's Excellent Sheep."
- "My grade grubbing was so intense that my Latin teacher called me the "millimeter bandit.""
- "Academics report that "grade grubbing" (the practice of university students trying to negotiate better grades) is on the rise. Some tutors put this down to parents overpraising their children, turning them into fully fledged narcissists, who feel so precious, gifted and talented that they can’t deal with a world or a marking system that doesn't agree with their own appraisal of themselves."
Usage
- American usage
- Derogatory
- Slang
- Uncountable
Inflected Forms
more grade grubbing (comparative)
most grade grubbing (superlative)