Two-point-oh and go

Two-point-oh and go
 other.— «Two-point-oh and go—Minimum grade point average (2.0) needed to graduate.» —“A look at the lingo used by the mids; Source: Brief Points: An Almanac for Parents and Friends of U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen” in U.S. Naval Academy The Capital (Annapolis, Md.) May 22, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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