A fork of Rural Dictionary
The disease many Sophomores in high school are stricken with. Usually occurs once an individual has become accustomed to the routine of high school. Symptoms include laziness, the gradual discontinuation of homework being completed, elevated sociability, and a desire to partake in the use of drugs.
Shirley was a straight-A student last year, but she's not doing so well academically this year. I think she has a case of Sophomoritis.
Inflammation of the sophomore's ego because they're no longer freshman.
"freshman suck!" ~sophomoritis
A disease that affects a wide number of sophomores. Most common causes include their first Honors and AP classes, often including AP Biology and/or AP World History. Symptoms include increased complaining about arbitrary things like B's in English Honors, sleeping at 2 AM, poorer study habits, and increased social awareness--including the fact they "may be single for the rest of their life." It is not life-threatening and pales in comparison to Senioritis; however, people experiencing sophomoritis may be prone to extreme mood swings and bitchiness. Sophomoritis is often the precursor to the more serious Junioritis.
Sophomore: Dude. I have a C+ in AP World History right now. I think I'm going to get a 3.5.
Senior: Calm down. Sophomoritis is nothing; I'm literally failing all my classes and I might get rescinded from college.
A high school sophomore who is often led to be consumed by teenage drama, failing classes, and quite frankly not giving a damn. At this point in their high school career, people affected by Sophomoritis usually look down upon Freshman, and have let go of their feeling of being the underdog. More cocky than Freshman, but often leading to Junioritis during the following year.
"Joe asked Kristina out, and Mike says he's failing three of his classes. I'm not sure if I can stand all these freshman this year, and I really don't care anymore. It's Sophomoritis, and I don't want to hear any more of this!"
The forgotten year of high school. The freshmen are busy being freshmen: preppy girls freaking out about every grade they get, others just being generally immature. The juniors are busy with homework, and trying to get better grades so they can go to college. The seniors are busy partying and generally having a good time. No one really cares about the sophomores. In conversations with adults, when you tell them that you are a sophomore, they have nothing to say to you. It's not "a big change from middle school", you havent started thinking about colleges, and you havent applied to colleges. And thats all adults care about. Contributing to the suckyness is the fact that you have 2 more years after this one, and for a year the only thing you are looking foreward to is getting your license, which you feel you are thisclose to getting for the entire year.
Adult: What grade are you in?
Freshman: I'm a freshman.
Adult: Do you like high school? Is it very different from junior high school? Are you getting good grades?
Adult: What grade are you in?
Junior: I'm a junior.
Adult: What's your GPA? Have you started thinking about colleges? Are you bringing your grades up so you can get into college?
Adult: What grade are you in?
Senior: I'm a senior.
Adult: What colleges did you apply to? What do you want to major in?
Adult: What grade are you in?
Sophomore: I'm a sophomore.
Adult: Oh. (has nothing else to say)
Kid: What grade are you in?
Sophomore: I'm a sophomore.
Kid: Oh, that sucks for you.
Someone who has successfully survived their freshmen yeah of high school. 9 times out of 10 absolutely hate freshmen even though three months ago they were freshmen themselves. This is usually because the now junior class was mean to them creating a never ending cycle of high school tradition and stupidity.
Last year she was so timid and shy....but now she's a sophomore.
Sophomoric: regarded as self-assured and opinionated but crude and immature. (See Greek sophos 'wise' and moros 'foolish'.)
Akash, the model for laziness and procrastination while being smart and knowledgable; also associated with "pied piper of slackerdom"