(US, slang, derogatory) Engaging in grade grubbing.
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.
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(US, slang, derogatory) The practice of a student (especially one in college) seeking to improve their academic grades through negotiation, flattery, or persistent argumentation without substantive justification.
My grade grubbing was so intense that my Latin teacher called me the "millimeter bandit."
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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