Golf Has Its Own Unqiue Language

No need to learn Esperanto if you are a golfer for golf has its own unique language, e.g. birdies, bogies, shanks, and worm burners.

Sociologists call it a ‘restrictive code’ and it’s designed to re-inforce group solidarity. So we have big dog, flat stick, belly putter, cavity back, hosel, kickpoint, camber, off-set, niblick, mashie, brassie, bounce, flange and plenty of others.

And then there’s a unique and politically incorrect terminology which covers all manner of situations and all kinds of shots:

Adolf Hitler — Two shots in a bunker

Army golf — Left, right, left, right…

Arthur Scargill (UK union leader responsible for failed coalminers’ strike) — Good strike, poor result

Anna Kournikova — Looked good, but no result

Bin Laden — Driven into the hills, never seen again

Bill Clinton — A succession of poor lies

Bing Crosby — Any excuse to get out of buying a drink at the 19th.

Brazilian — Shaved the edge

Knocked up — Felt good but not worth the trouble it’s got you into

Calista Flockhart — Thin, but looked OK