A well-known grad school phrase has now been codified as a draft entry into the Oxford English Dictionary: ABD.
To wit: "All but dissertation, an unofficial qualification recognizing that a student has completed all the work required for the award of a doctorate, except for the dissertation (also Ph.D. (ABD)); (also) a student who has achieved this status."
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