study animal

study animal

Someone who studies very hard or very often. An ironic play on the phrase "party animal," meaning someone who attends parties engages in recreational activities very frequently. I goofed off for the first two years of college, but I turned into a real study animal once I realized I was close to flunking out. You'd have a lot more fun if you weren't such a study animal all the time!

See also: animal, study

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study animal

n. someone who studies hard. (A play on party animal.) At the end of the school year every party animal turns into a study animal.

See also: animal, study

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