sophomoreitis

English

Etymology

From sophomore +‎ -itis, on the pattern of senioritis.

Noun

sophomoreitis (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of sophomoritis
   • 2007 December 2, Will Parrish, “Rodd has Eagles off to best start since 1983-84 campaign”, in The Herald‎^[1]:

     Expectations were high heading into last season, but a bad case of "sophomoreitis" hit the Lady Eagles, who went 6-26.

   • 2015 May 12, @da_last_sarAH, Twitter‎^[2]:

     is sophomoreitis a thing cause i think i have it

   • 2016 April 26, Megan LaCross, “50 Signs You're Over This Semester”, in The Odyssey Online‎^[3]:

     47. Freshmanitis/sophomoreitis/Juniortis/Senioritis has seriously started to kick in