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  • noun A colleague working in the same laboratory.

Etymologies

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lab +‎ mate

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Examples

  • This labmate is the type of person who feels woefully insecure about himself and compensates by embellishing all of his (minor) accomplishments to the exteme.

    Data Collection & Insecurity Complexes Candid Engineer 2008

  • This labmate is the type of person who feels woefully insecure about himself and compensates by embellishing all of his (minor) accomplishments to the exteme.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Candid Engineer 2008

  • But since my labmate are a very considerate lots, we went to a nice restaurant.

    kieli Diary Entry kieli 2008

  • I'm in San Diego (not back until Tuesday, IS), or rather La Jolla, for meetings today and tomorrow morning, but flew down on Saturday to hang out with an old labmate who lives here now.

    Archive: Oct 08 - Mar 09 Cath@VWXYNot? 2009

  • Thankfully, my labmate, Emily Morgan, ended up saying some great stuff about it in a comment elsewhere.

    2010 March « Motivated Grammar 2010

  • Thankfully, my labmate, Emily Morgan, ended up saying some great stuff about it in a comment elsewhere.

    Guest Post: What’s the Logic of Language? « Motivated Grammar 2010

  • Point #2 follows by noting that I am a superstar writer and presenter (while possessing a less-than-positively-brilliant mind) and my labmate sucks ass at organized communication.

    Smartness and Communication Candid Engineer 2009

  • Guess you'd better have that chat with your stinky labmate before the two of you wind up next to each other for hours on an international flight, huh?

    High Five for Much Success Candid Engineer 2009

  • And although there has been noticeable growling by some of my labmates, I've also received quite a bit of congratulations, and one labmate yesterday told me that "everyone is talking about it".

    Some Kind of Recognition Candid Engineer 2009

  • Thus, we have a demonstration that my super-smart labmate has a wonderful tolerance for shitty presentation skills because his complicated mind can make sense of all of the mumbo-jumbo bullshit thrown at him.

    Smartness and Communication Candid Engineer 2009

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