(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 ju
(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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(US, slang, derogatory) A student who engages in grade grubbing; someone seeking to improve their grades by sucking up or by trying to negotiate for any additional marks.
(intransitive, US, university slang, derogatory) To engage in grade grubbing.
(uncountable) The quality of being grasping; a tendency to grub.
(Australia, slang) A dirty person.
(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.