gut course

noun

1. snap course.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gut course¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

When I went to the University of Maryland, there was an unwritten rule — if you were in a class with a football player, it was a “gut course,” a.k.a. a sleeping llama with a bag over his head could pass this baby just by showing up in cargo shorts.

From Washington Post

Art appreciation was once a gut course�a simple matter of getting to know the styles and spellings of old masters.

From Time Magazine Archive

The code reaffirmed longstanding Ivy prohibitions on such standard bigtime conveniences as the athletic scholarship, the fictional job, the specially rigged "gut" course.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sir: Meteorology 100 at the University of Wisconsin may have been a "gut" course when you heard about it, but the ever-alert Wisconsin faculty obviously took note of the gut phenomenon, because the course is now known to be quite difficult.

From Time Magazine Archive