GHANAIAN COMMENTARY JARGON LIST


1.       An uncompromising encounter between….      [A football match]
2.       Playing from left to right                                   [or right to left]
3.       A ding-dong affair                                             [nothing sexual please]
4.       Nimble-footed
5.       Cheeky backheel, cheeky flick, cheeky lob      [All cheeky everything] ref#41
6.       Heads go up  
7.       Oluwaaaaaa!                                                     [What does that even mean?]
8.       Second bite of the cherry
9.       A cagey tie
10.   A delight to watch
11.   Delightful play
12.   Midfield maestro
13.   Briiiiiizil                                                             [Brazil]
14.   Under intense pressure
15.    Cynical challenge
16.   Professional foul
17.   Four-times-African-Champions                         [Egypt has won it about a 1000 times since]
18.   Stiff opposition                                                  [Nothing offensive]
19.   He looks to be in excruciating pain
20.   The ball hit where it hurts most                        [The ball hit his manhood]
21.   An avalanche of goals
22.   A galaxy of stars
23.   Slotted the ball into the empty net
24.   An infringement
25.   Impeded
26.   Unbeeeeeelieveable
27.    Class one referee
28.   Officials officiating
29.   No-nonsense defender
30.   Ballooned the ball                                            [How do I even explain this? It is exactly as it sounds]
31.   Crunching tackle
32.   An inswinger/outswinger
33.   Connoisseurs of the game                               
34.   Making incursions into the opponents half
35.   Time added on to the stipulated 90 minutes    [Injury Time]
36.   Association football
37.   Oh my word!
38.   Asking questions of the opposition defence
39.   Tempo of the game
40.   Looking resplendent in an all-white outfit
41.   Goes round his marker with cheeky ease
42.   Pulsating first half
43.   Quintessential
44.   Goal-line clearance/cleared off the line
45.   Over-elaboration
46.   Speculative drive
47.   It looks to be offside from commentary position
48.   Terrible decision by the referee
49.   “Fooyooo”, they call him.
50.   OXSIDE! [Offside]. PS-Nobody really says that but I thought it will be a funny addition. Plus, 50 is a cool, round number. The rest are all real.
This is a little tribute to the fantastic Ghanaian football commentators. A compilation by Lenny Briscoe II. “Second bite of the cherry” and “ding-dong affair” submitted by Nanabanyin Graves Brew-Appiah(@nabrew)



Comments

  1. KanaJanuary 18, 2013 at 5:25 AM

    hahaha..funny.

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  2. Lenny Briscoe IIJanuary 18, 2013 at 5:29 AM

    Kana!!

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  3. rasJanuary 18, 2013 at 6:17 AM

    Bone u be too brainy.mad love@ivanatwe

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  4. chairmanQBJanuary 20, 2013 at 11:23 AM

    nuff respect!!!

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  5. Charles QuayeJanuary 21, 2013 at 12:33 AM

    Hahahaha, very interesting. I could hear Kwabena Yeboah and Co in my head now... Oluwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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  6. Lenny Briscoe IIJanuary 24, 2013 at 5:02 AM

    RAS Ahaha! Nastoves and Nasodium! CHAIRMAN I read your article.One word: major! CHARLES Quayegee! Kwabena Yeboah get ampesi chop ah,he go shout aaah.On a serious one though,Mr Yeboah schooled most of the new boys out now.

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