| Term |
Meaning/Description |
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Abéébé |
Gari and sugar with no
milk |
| Adwen |
One who thinks he is wise |
| Airport |
That place across the road from upper school
where we used to.....y'know? |
| Akwe£ |
Soyabean |
| Armoury |
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| Anti-So |
Anti social. One who is by himself most of the
time with very few friends |
| Apian way |
A short cut for getting to a place quicker instead of taking the normal route |
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Appiahla |
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Asokpo |
One who does not discriminate when it comes to
women - he likes both young and old, ugly and beautiful, groundnut sellers
and those who have class as well. The term can also be used for an ugly lady |
| Asui |
Lunch feat amen |
| Aswee |
Dining hall/ dining hall food |
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Bilé |
Error or mispronunciation
of a word |
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Biley |
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Bolus |
Ga Kenkey |
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Carbo |
Cheap soap |
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CBO |
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Chi-Kay |
Aponkye nkakra |
| Common Room |
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| Compline |
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| DC |
Disciplinary Committee |
| Dry |
Not having your bath; Going to a girl's school
without seeing the one you went to see or not knowing anybody there |
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| Faa |
Punish (as in “I go faa
you”) |
| Fag |
School son or servant |
|
Fagmaster |
The master of a fag - school son or servant |
|
Feen |
Rich as in a rich student |
| Ferme£ |
Fermented Kenkey |
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Fiat |
Let it be done (or Amen) |
| Fill-In-The-Gap |
Pulling of the nose as a form of punishment |
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| Grazo |
Gari mixed with Shito with no canned meat or
fish |
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| Home-made |
Meal from one's home as compared to that in the
dinning hall |
| Homo |
First year student at Adisco |
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| Job 600 |
Science Lab buildings |
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| Katanga |
Adisadel campus below the hill |
| Kojo Standard |
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| Kumasi |
A place in Katanga where water is fetched |
| Kwabeef |
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| Kye K |
Aponkye Nkrakra - Fufu with goat meat usually
from a chop bar |
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| Leopoldville |
Adisadel campus on the hill |
| Loaf |
Bread |
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| Match Box |
Master's flats |
| Mining |
Studying through the night and forgoing sleep |
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| Non Fa |
Non factual, irrelevant, not needed |
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| Odzi |
Elderly Students |
| Opiitu |
Cheap Gari |
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| Pantry Boys |
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| Pavillion |
Spectator stands at the main sports/soccer field |
| Pepper |
Give a small quantity of something |
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| Red Red |
Fried plantains with beans. A special Saturday lunch meal
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Sabadéé |
Notorious clan notable
various mischievous acts |
|
Sabadine |
Belonging to the Sabadéé
clan |
| Saucy |
Stubbon |
| Scrabbings |
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Seiho (Se£
Ho) |
Scramble for food |
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Sharp Brain |
Smart or academically
bright person |
| Sopi |
Surplus given to students who bribe the pantry
boys |
| Spirogyra |
Kontomire (Spinach sauce) |
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Sponging |
Being a parasite |
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Squat |
Motor Guzzi |
| Stretch |
Stretching your hand to be hit |
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Sua Nana |
Bookworm |
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| Toppo or Toppos |
Toilet |
| Tuo |
Rice balls |
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| Waste Pipe |
Lazy student or one who does not partake in any
sporting activity |
| White House |
The Head Prefect's residence |
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Wild Info |
Untrue or Fallacious story |
| Wretched Sailor |
Dirty student |
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Ziaa! |
Exclamation signaling
grammatical error or mispronunciation |
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