[Blikkentrekker]

The Bogdanov Affair happened, where papers that were later concluded to be devoid of any real meaning but full of jargon were published in physics journals, and most likely it was not a troll attempt but the auctor's were actually serious.

“zero information” was a common criticism on these papers when they were later more heavily scrutinized, that they had a tendency to use paragraphs of jargon to say the obvious and nothing new.

[MattPalmer1086]

I recall during my first degree, I once rewrote an essay, making the essential points clearer. I still believe it was my best essay, but I got the lowest mark with a comment that it was "too simple".

I got the highest mark for an essay I wrote the night before it was due with no knowledge of the subject. Just used a bunch of clever sounding words and threw in a fake bibliography at 8am in the library.