SAD GRAD

n.

A recent university graduate who is deeply in debt and has few or no good job prospects. Also:sad-grad.

In its spring report on workplace trends, the Chicago-based outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas noted the changing lingo.

ASad-Grad, said CEO John Challenger, is a recent college graduate with no job prospects, deep in school debt and credit-card bills and living with his or her parents.

— Andrew Herrman, "Cubicle culture inspires its own language,"Chicago Sun-Times, May 20, 2003

Sad grads: The National Association of Colleges and Employers in Bethlehem reports that U.S.companies overall expect to hire 36.4 percent fewer college graduates this year.

— Christian Millman, "Summer grads scramble for fewer jobs,"Morning Call, May 19, 2002

Dustin Hoffman has been asad grad, a street hustler, a soap-opera actress and an idiot savant.

— Jeryl Brunner, "Dustin Time,"In Style, June 1998

— Dave Barry, "Turning Glad Grads ToSad Grads,"The Baltimore Sun, May 19, 1996

dormcest

education mortgage

freshmore

novelty degree

stop-loss job

studentification

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