Grad School Scapegoat Purgatory

The situation in which one purposely enrolling into grad school with the intention of delaying the inevitable fate of getting a job or starting a company.

Lewis: I enjoyed my time at UCLA so much that I decided to go to grad school?
Jack: Do you plan on going into resarch?
Lewis: Well no. I just want to chill and be in grad school scapegoat purgatory for awhile.

Added by yungsnuggie over 9 years ago