"OOP" THERE IT IS
COLLEGE ETYMOLOGY
Cliches
JUMBLE GYM
Sports Nicknames
100

A clumsy mistake, often shown as an outtake at the end of a student-created film

Blooper

100

This word for a type of degree originally referred to a young knight of low rank

Bachelor

100

Someone who seeks out onerous or painful tasks is a "glutton for" this

Punishment

100

machine for running in place: DRILL TEAM

TREADMILL

100

American tennis player Cori Gauff is named after her father, but she prefers to go by this nickname.

Coco

200

A small porch leading to the entrance of a house

Stoop

200

This oral lesson is from the Latin for "to read"

Lecture

200

This phrase meaning to try something out is often followed by "& see who salutes"

Run it up the flagpole

200

what you do before exercising: RUM PAW

WARM UP

200

In his playing days, basketball star Charles Barkley was known as “The Round Mound of” this.

Rebound
300

Soldiers who jump out of airplanes

Paratroopers
300

Sooner or later you'll have to declare one of these, from a Latin word meaning "greater"

Major

300

Thomas Paine used a variation of the cliche "From the sublime to" this (which is also a little-used spell in Harry Potter)
 

Ridiculous

300

push-ups or jumping jacks, for example: SENSICAL ITCH

CALISTHENICS

300

Deion Sanders was known as “Neon Deion” as well as this rhyming nickname, given to him after a television-worthy high school basketball performance

Prime Time

400

Last name of the singer of "School's Out" and the title character from the book "I Love You, Beth _____"

Cooper

400

Often applied to courses, it's from the Latin for "before" & "need"... as in, you need to take some Intro courses before moving on to more advanced coursework

Prerequisite

400

Your boss might tell you to be different & creative & "think" this way, a much-used business cliche

Outside the Box

400

muscle at the front of the thigh: PRICE SQUAD

QUADRICEPS

400

He may be well into his 50s now, but former Mariners and Reds superstar Ken Griffey Jr. will always be known by this youthful nickname

The Kid

500

A toy popularized in the 1950s but that has origins as far back as the 500s BC

Hula Hoop

500

This word for a class of student in their second year derives from a word for a fallacious argument

Sophomore

500

This affirmation of resilience may not always be technically true, but it was in the chorus of a 2012 No. 1 hit by Kelly Clarkson

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

500

a unit of heart rate: BURMESE PATIENT

BEATS PER MINUTE
500

Belying his fearsome rhyming nickname, this legendary Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle showed his softer side in a famous Coke commercial

Mean Joe Green