flunkee
Flunkee is an informal American term for someone who has failed (flunked) an academic course or test — a student who didn't make the grade.
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Flunkee is an informal American term for someone who has failed (flunked) an academic course or test — a student who didn't make the grade. The '-ee' suffix denotes the recipient of the action: as the student is the one who has been flunked, they become the flunkee. The register is casual and slightly self-deprecating; calling yourself a flunkee is a way of owning failure with a bit of humour. Less common than 'flunker' or 'flunk-out' but follows standard English derivational patterns.
He described himself as a chemistry flunkee who somehow ended up working in a lab ten years later.
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(US) One who flunks an academic course.
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