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		rozab on Dec 26, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid icon, dies at 90 Where I live, a 2:2 university degree is still referred to as a 'Desmond' and many people don't even know why.

jayflux on Dec 26, 2021 [–]

Yeah cockney rhyming slang (UK), if you get a 2:2 degree you’ve got a “Desmond”. I’m not surprised people don’t know why, when I first heard it I had to look it up. I don’t think kids grow up learning about Desmond Tutu.

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