super senior

super senior n. a college student who takes more than four years to graduate. Etymological Note: Super as a prefix means “above, over, beyond.” (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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  • so what do you call a person who takes 10 years to graduate from a bachelor’s degree? I have a couple of super-dupper seniors… I knew they were special!

  • i quit life

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