[cjamesd]

Nitpick on the title used for this post: academical is not a word.

[kmill]

It isn't?

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/academical

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/acad...

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/academical

[chrismmay]

Academically speaking, yes it is a word. On the other hand, it's not being used correctly in this context, which makes it ironical.