" gap year "

 [ "gap year" ]

1: a year off between high school and college/university.

  * e.g.,  ... Taking a gap year is very popular in the UK 

 [ "gap year" ]

1: The time spent whilst you have a visibly broken tooth but are either afraid of the dentist or too busy or too broke to get it repaired.

  * e.g.,  ... "Alex when are you going to get that tooth fixed?" 

 [ "Gap Year" ]

1: A year off, to experience what freedom feels like, before life happens. experience freedom life

  * e.g.,  ... The best year of my life, was my Gap Year 

 [ "Gap year" ]

1: A year between graduating high school and beginning university/college typically spent traveling or working.

  * e.g.,  ... A great woman named k8_days_till_gap_year is well known within the Insatagram community for counting the days until her gap year 

 [ "Gap Year" ]

1: A year off, to experience what freedom feels like, before life happens. experience freedom life

  * e.g.,  ... The best year of my life, was my Gap Year 

 [ "Gap Year Tragedy" ]

1: The average student enlightened by the insight afforded by global travel to the extent of cringeworthy personality renovation.

  * e.g.,  ... Guy 1- Man, I saw John after he got back after his 12 months in South America- bobble hat, dreadlocks and all. Guy 2 - I heard it was 'jean-pierre' these days Guy 1 - What a gap year tragedy 

 [ "family gap year" ]

1: Taking a year off from work and school to travel and experience life as a family without daily distractions.

  * e.g.,  ... We are taking a family gap year to spend time traveling with our kids. 

 [ "Gap Year Anarchist" ]

1: A phase common amongst more affluent males in their early twenties, which typically requires the exchange of basic hygiene for Bob Marley memorabilia, dreadlocks and second hand military clothing. Early warning signs include the gradual slurring of speech (as made popular in the movie 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'), endless discussions of aid increases/debt reduction and an overall musky smell. A Gap Year Anarchist will subscribe to numerous clichés. Behaviour may include voluntary summertime homelessness/squatting, throwing flour & dancing on a Cenotaph. The phase ends when the GYA finally succumbs to pleas from his/her family and/or bank manager/student loans company/court, gets a haircut, a job and a life!

  * e.g.,  ... "And once again a Gap Year Anarchist succeeds in his lifetime's ambition: to get all the attention. Well done. *slow hand clap*" (British Labour MP Tom Harris tweet, 19th of July 2011) 

 [ "Old Man Gap Year" ]

1: The time off between your last day of work and your first day of retirement, typically spent drinking, golfing, fishing, or drinking. Usually occurs when you’re not quite ready to retire, but you can’t stand your fucking job for another second.

  * e.g.,  ... I saw Fred at the golf course again yesterday. Did he retire or is he just on his “Old Man Gap Year”? 

 [ "Gap Gape Year" ]

1: a female student that is so sexually active in taking her Gap Year that it becomes a Gap Gape Year!

  * e.g.,  ... Wow that's the 5th guy she has been with in one week, she certainly is starting to enjoy her Gap Gape Year!