| Term | Meaning/Description |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Appiahla | |
| 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 |
| Bilé | Error or mispronunciation of a word |
| Biley | |
| Bolus | Ga Kenkey |
| Carbo | Cheap soap |
| CBO | |
| Chi-Kay | Aponkye nkakra |
| Common Room | |
| Compline | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Fiat | Let it be done (or Amen) |
| Fill-In-The-Gap | Pulling of the nose as a form of punishment |
| Grazo | Gari mixed with Shito with no canned meat or fish |
| Home-made | Meal from one’s home as compared to that in the dinning hall |
| Homo | First year student at Adisco |
| Job 600 | Science Lab buildings |
| Katanga | Adisadel campus below the hill |
| Kojo Standard | |
| Kumasi | A place in Katanga where water is fetched |
| Kwabeef | |
| Kye K | Aponkye Nkrakra – Fufu with goat meat usually from a chop bar |
| Leopoldville | Adisadel campus on the hill |
| Loaf | Bread |
| Match Box | Master’s flats |
| Mining | Studying through the night and forgoing sleep |
| Non Fa | Non factual, irrelevant, not needed |
| Odzi | Elderly Students |
| Opiitu | Cheap Gari |
| Pantry Boys | |
| Pavillion | Spectator stands at the main sports/soccer field |
| Pepper | Give a small quantity of something |
| Red Red | Fried plantains with beans. A special Saturday lunch meal |
| Sabadéé | Notorious clan notable various mischievous acts |
| Sabadine | Belonging to the Sabadéé clan |
| Saucy | Stubbon |
| Scrabbings | |
| Seiho (Se£ Ho) | Scramble for food |
| Sharp Brain | Smart or academically bright person |
| Sopi | Surplus given to students who bribe the pantry boys |
| Spirogyra | Kontomire (Spinach sauce) |
| Sponging | Being a parasite |
| Squat | Motor Guzzi |
| Stretch | Stretching your hand to be hit |
| Sua Nana | Bookworm |
| Toppo or Toppos | Toilet |
| Tuo | Rice balls |
| Waste Pipe | Lazy student or one who does not partake in any sporting activity |
| White House | The Head Prefect’s residence |
| Wild Info | Untrue or Fallacious story |
| Wretched Sailor | Dirty student |
| Ziaa! | Exclamation signaling grammatical error or mispronunciation |