Tuesday, August 6

"chickisms":

phrases that chick hearn made up on air. some are part of our everyday vocabulary now. some aren't. all are awesome, and make all the sense in the world when coming from his mouth in the heat of a basketball game. he belongs to the precious few that i would say is obviously more passionate about the LAKERS than me.

Slam dunk- can u believe he first used this phrase?

air ball- this, too

no harm, no foul- uttered on every outdoor court

ticky-tack foul- what we scream when someone calls a foul on us.

the mustard's off the hotdog- not so commonly used. means, "that clown tried to be too fancy and screwed that play up"

boo birds- terrible fans that boo their own team just because they do poorly for a stretch. (the fans of the NEW YORK KNICKS)

dribble drive- only chick uses this phrase. seems redundant, but hey, it's his.

You can put this one in the refrigerator. The door's closed, the light's out, the eggs are cooling, the butter's getting hard and the Jell-O is jiggling- unique to chick hearn. music to the ears of LAKERS fans. means: it's OVA. might as well stop the game now, cause the LAKERS have packed this game aWAY.

yakob at 12:42 AM

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