Ended up in anawkwardconversation ata networkingeventHad anexistentialcrisis aboutyour thesistopicSee mycommentaboveIt's veryunstructuredRealized it’salready Friday,and you don’tknow what youaccomplishedRephraseMetsomeoneinteresting ata conferenceCarefulnow!Grammar!!That's abigstatementMakesnosenseNo!Successfullynegotiated adeadlineextension withyour supervisorCelebratedwhen yourdata finallymade senseI assumethis iswork inprogressVagueAccidentallytaught yourselfsomethingwhile explainingit to someoneelseHid in acorner toavoid smalltalk at aconferenceReceivedethicsapprovalElaborate!Felt like adata wizardafter solvinga codingproblemForgot to muteyourself andsaid somethingembarrassingon ZoomI've saidthis a fewtimesalready,,,Evidence?Yousound likea robotAttended aconferencejust for thesnacks orcoffee breaksTurnedprocrastinationinto "productive"tasks likecleaning yourdeskNiceSoundsweirdUsed a memeor pop culturereference toexplain aconceptNeeds to linkback to yourresearchquestionTriedexplaining yourresearch tofamily and gotblank staresLookedforward tomonthly PhDSeminar???ThatsoundsbadEpistemologicallyirrelevantWhat areyou tryingto say???Thisbelongs indiscussionnot resultsRelevance...?UnclearNodded alongin a supervisionmeeting whilesecretlyGoogling atermPretended towrite whilescrolling socialmedia or onlineshoppingSurvived ateachingsession withzero technicaldifficultiesRewardedyourself forfinishing a taskby binge-watching yourfavorite showGave up andblamed thesoftware foryour analysisissuesEnded up in anawkwardconversation ata networkingeventHad anexistentialcrisis aboutyour thesistopicSee mycommentaboveIt's veryunstructuredRealized it’salready Friday,and you don’tknow what youaccomplishedRephraseMetsomeoneinteresting ata conferenceCarefulnow!Grammar!!That's abigstatementMakesnosenseNo!Successfullynegotiated adeadlineextension withyour supervisorCelebratedwhen yourdata finallymade senseI assumethis iswork inprogressVagueAccidentallytaught yourselfsomethingwhile explainingit to someoneelseHid in acorner toavoid smalltalk at aconferenceReceivedethicsapprovalElaborate!Felt like adata wizardafter solvinga codingproblemForgot to muteyourself andsaid somethingembarrassingon ZoomI've saidthis a fewtimesalready,,,Evidence?Yousound likea robotAttended aconferencejust for thesnacks orcoffee breaksTurnedprocrastinationinto "productive"tasks likecleaning yourdeskNiceSoundsweirdUsed a memeor pop culturereference toexplain aconceptNeeds to linkback to yourresearchquestionTriedexplaining yourresearch tofamily and gotblank staresLookedforward tomonthly PhDSeminar???ThatsoundsbadEpistemologicallyirrelevantWhat areyou tryingto say???Thisbelongs indiscussionnot resultsRelevance...?UnclearNodded alongin a supervisionmeeting whilesecretlyGoogling atermPretended towrite whilescrolling socialmedia or onlineshoppingSurvived ateachingsession withzero technicaldifficultiesRewardedyourself forfinishing a taskby binge-watching yourfavorite showGave up andblamed thesoftware foryour analysisissues

PhD - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Ended up in an awkward conversation at a networking event
  2. Had an existential crisis about your thesis topic
  3. See my comment above
  4. It's very unstructured
  5. Realized it’s already Friday, and you don’t know what you accomplished
  6. Rephrase
  7. Met someone interesting at a conference
  8. Careful now!
  9. Grammar!!
  10. That's a big statement
  11. Makes no sense
  12. No!
  13. Successfully negotiated a deadline extension with your supervisor
  14. Celebrated when your data finally made sense
  15. I assume this is work in progress
  16. Vague
  17. Accidentally taught yourself something while explaining it to someone else
  18. Hid in a corner to avoid small talk at a conference
  19. Received ethics approval
  20. Elaborate!
  21. Felt like a data wizard after solving a coding problem
  22. Forgot to mute yourself and said something embarrassing on Zoom
  23. I've said this a few times already,,,
  24. Evidence?
  25. You sound like a robot
  26. Attended a conference just for the snacks or coffee breaks
  27. Turned procrastination into "productive" tasks like cleaning your desk
  28. Nice
  29. Sounds weird
  30. Used a meme or pop culture reference to explain a concept
  31. Needs to link back to your research question
  32. Tried explaining your research to family and got blank stares
  33. Looked forward to monthly PhD Seminar
  34. ???
  35. That sounds bad
  36. Epistemologically irrelevant
  37. What are you trying to say???
  38. This belongs in discussion not results
  39. Relevance...?
  40. Unclear
  41. Nodded along in a supervision meeting while secretly Googling a term
  42. Pretended to write while scrolling social media or online shopping
  43. Survived a teaching session with zero technical difficulties
  44. Rewarded yourself for finishing a task by binge-watching your favorite show
  45. Gave up and blamed the software for your analysis issues