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swot vac en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From swot + vac (“vacation”). or acronym of Study Without Teaching Vacation

Meanings

1. (Australia, informal) In secondary and tertiary education, a period of non-teaching prior to examinations.
   • This is clearly what happens in the "swot-vac" phenomenon: the student rote-learns his material for just long enough to see the exam through. 1968, John Burville Biggs, Information and human learning, Australia: Cassell:
   • She died during the swotvac before my third year exams. 2006, Vaughan Nikitin, Wurruk: Reflections in Black and White, page 249:
   • I reminded her that it was the September holidays, and after that I was off on swot vac until the exams started. 2004, Joanne Horniman, Secret Scribbled Notebooks,, Allen & Unwin, page 28:
   • In the old days it was probably quite a sound alternative to the "swot-vac" spent in cold towels and black coffee or benzedrine as done in Australia. 2003, Frank William Coaldrake, Maida Coaldrake, William Howard Coaldrake, Japan from war to peace: the Coaldrake records 1939-1956, Routledge, page 234:

Forms

Synonyms

dead week · reading week · revision week

Translations (1)

ms minggu ulang kaji (period of no teaching before exams)