# Jumping Jacks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-jacks/11148>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 27, 2000, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-jacks/11148 "2000-04-27T00:59:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Maharet676](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Maharet676](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maharet676)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-jacks/11148/1 "2000-04-27T00:59:00Z")

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Where does the term “Jumping Jacks” come from? And no, I’m not speaking of the childrens game. I’m talking about the fond memory from High School when my peers and I jumped up and down waving my arms like a bunch of idiots… 😛

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-jacks/11148/2 "2000-04-27T01:07:00Z")

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This is a duplicate topic post, no doubt brought on by the weirdness the board has experencied today. I’ll lock this one, and direct respondants to its twin, located [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/007994.html) .