"blackademic" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blackademics [plural]
Etymology: Blend of black + academic. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|black|academic}} Blend of black + academic Head templates: {{en-noun}} blackademic (plural blackademics)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Blackademic. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Blackademic
    Sense id: en-blackademic-en-noun-pTUMzG7D Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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