Colemanballs is a term coined by Private Eye magazine to describe verbal gaffes perpetrated by sports commentators."TV and Radio Sport's Howlers", BBC.co.uk, 16 December 2005 Coleman refers to the surname of the former BBC broadcaster David Coleman and the suffix -balls, as in "to balls up",Definition of "balls up" at FreeDictionary.com and has since spawned derivative terms in unrelated fields such as "Warballs" (spurious references to the September 11, 2001, attacks), "Dianaballs" (sentimental references to Diana, Princess of Wales), "Murrayisms" (broadcasting gaffes by Murray Walker), and "Borisballs" (Boris Johnson). The all-encompassing term "mediaballs" has since been used by Private Eye as its coverage of gaffes has expanded.
Colemanballs is a term coined by Private Eye magazine to describe verbal gaffes perpetrated by sports commentators."TV and Radio Sport's Howlers", BBCco.uk, 16 December 2005 Coleman refers to the surname of the former BBC broadcaster David Coleman and the suffix -balls, as in "to balls up",Definition of "balls up" at FreeDictionary.com and has since spawned derivative terms in unrelated fields such as "Warballs" (spurious references to the September 11, 2001, attacks), "Dianaballs" (sentimental references to Diana, Princess of Wales), "Murrayisms" (broadcasting gaffes by Murray Walker), and "Borisballs" (Boris Johnson). The all-encompassing term "mediaballs" has since been used by Private Eye as its coverage of gaffes has expanded.