11 new #HEwords for academics that should be in the dictionary

1. Spinpact

#HEWords @timeshighered spinpact - the art of talking up the relevance of your results

— Matthew Greenall (@mngreenall) October 24, 2014

2. Muke

@timeshighered #HEwords 'Muke': physical reaction to management repeatedly announcing that #Moocs are the future.

— Plashing Vole (@PlashingVole) October 23, 2014

3. Grimpact

Here's my word @timeshighered : "grimpact" n. Unforeseen negative consequences flowing from publicly funded research #HEwords

— Matthew Weait (@ProfWetpaint) October 24, 2014

4. Shitation

@timeshighered #HEwords 'Shitation': noun, an unfavourable citation. 'Well the impact factor's good, but it's mostly just shitations'

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— O. (@LazarGillard) October 24, 2014

 5. Refuseless

@michele_paule @timeshighered #HEwords How about REFuseless to describe all those 2* papers that didn't make it into the REF

— Neil Cross (@TheOtherDrX) October 24, 2014

6. Uninkastic

Uninkastic (from Anankastic): Related to the obsessive-compulsive desire of university managers to control academics’ lives. #HEwords

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— Ricardo Grau-Crespo (@rgraucrespo) October 24, 2014

7. Chancelling

Chancelling #HEwords @timeshighered (pocketing large sums for doing little more than proclaiming how indispensable you are)

— keith flett (@kmflett) October 23, 2014

 8. Thesaurophaile

#HEwords Thesaurophile: A student that replaces every 7th word of an essay with a synonym to avoid Turnitin detection

— Neil Cross (@TheOtherDrX) October 23, 2014

9. Lecher Theatre

Lecher theatre - where students go to admire good looking staff more than their ideas? #HEwords @timeshighered

— Steve Kirk (@stiivkirk) October 24, 2014

10. Fabstract

Fabstract (an abstract that makes a paper sound amazing, even when it's terrible) @timeshighered #HEwords

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— Cyberpsychology (@Cyberpsychologi) October 23, 2014

11. Puniversity

@timeshighered Puniversity - an institution not appearing in the global rankings #HEwords

— Trevor Holmes (@TrevHolmes) October 24, 2014

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