professional student

Noun

Meaning

(derogatory, US) Someone who takes college classes to avoid having to assume adult responsibilities after graduating from high school.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see professional,‎ student.

Examples

I had never thought that I would be involved in narrative structures. As a young guy, I was more interested in abstract modeling. But as I got older, I began to see that there was no reason to limit myself to any intellectual or conceptual postulate, when in fact I'm a professional student of music. Anthony Braxton

My father is a college professor and that's about the extent of my college experience. I'm sort of a professional student forever. I think just as human beings we always have a student who is alive in us and is waiting to pop up and make us feel like we are 16 years-old again. Gabriel Mann

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