postdoc

noun

Etymology: Clipping of postdoctoral.

1. A postdoctoral academic research position.
2. Someone in such a position.

   “"We have to sing for our supper, and that's something the young people are coming to terms with," said Dr. Robin Erbacher, 33, a postdoc at Fermilab.”

   “Many of the postdocs are almost 40 before they start their first permanent positions and begin saving for retirement.”