academic bulimia

English

academic bulimia (uncountable)

An approach to test-taking in which information is memorized shortly before the test and then quickly forgotten afterwards.
- 1999 April 2, Trn0, “Re: I am thinking about taking some theology classes”, in christnet.theology‎^[1] (Usenet):
  The founder, Chad Woodburn, is a good friend of mine, a man of high personal character and scholarship who believes in real learning, not just regurgitation of memorized material. (Which he refers to as academic bulimia.)