Lock, In
This wrestling move involves squeezing an opponent's head under your arm.
Headlock
TU's athletic teams go by this weather-related nickname.
Golden Hurricane
Basic term for the point where one clip ends and the next begins.
Cut
This animated sequel became 2026's first film to cross the $1 billion mark worldwide.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Formed by a 1995 merger, this aerospace and defense giant builds the F-35 fighter jet.
Lockheed Martin
Before becoming the University of Tulsa in 1920, the school operated under this name, honoring a Presbyterian missions official.
Henry Kendall College
In this editing technique, the audio of the next scene starts playing before its picture appears on screen.
J-Cut
A24 scored its biggest hit ever with this horror movie, based on Kane Parsons' YouTube creepypasta series
Backrooms
This English philosopher wrote "Two Treatises of Government" and lent his name to a mysterious character on the TV show "Lost."
John Locke
This library, named for an oilman whose donation helped found the modern university, holds nearly a million books.
McFarlin Library
This process adjusts a shot's color, contrast, and tone to set mood or keep footage consistent across a project.
Color Grading
Christopher Nolan directed this 2026 epic starring Matt Damon and Zendaya, adapted from an ancient Greek poem.
The Odyssey
This word for a traffic jam.
TU's mascot goes by this name, a play on the school's nickname.
Gus T.
In this editing technique, the audio of the next scene starts playing before its picture appears on screen
J-Cut
This Pixar sequel crossed $1 billion to become the 59th Hollywood release ever to do so worldwide.
Toy Story 5
Opposite direction involving time.
Counterclockwise
TU football left Conference USA in 2020 to join this conference.
American Athletic Conference
This transition matches the shape or motion of an object across two different shots so the cut feels nearly invisible.
match cut
This low-budget horror film from director Curry Barker opened to just $17.1 million domestically but climbed for weeks on word of mouth to gross over $458 million worldwide.
Obsession