mary k2 Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 (edited) i wnat to learn the bridge shorthand codes when chatting - where can I find them? (edited title to make it easier to search) Edited December 24, 2009 by Rain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 gl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Welcome Mary, I am sure some of us can reconstuct the abbreviations for you. gl = good luckglp = good luck partnerty = thank youtyp = thank you partnerwdo = well done opponentslol = laugh out loudrofl = roll on floor laughing others will add more. Come back often! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwingo Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Online Chat abbreviations------------------------------------- =): A smiley face turned sideways. =(: A sad face turned sideways. 121: one to one AFAIK: as far as I know AFK: away from keyboard ASAP: as soon as possible A/S/L?: age, sex, location B4: before B4N: bye for now BAK: back at the keyboard BBN: bye bye now BFN: bye for now BRB: be right back BTW: by the way CU: see you CUL or CUL8ER: see you later CUZ: because F2F: face to face FAQ: frequently asked question(s) FC fingers crossed FWIW: for what it’s worth FYI: for your information GA: go ahead GTG: Got to Go. IAC: in any case IC: I see IDK: I don’t know IIRC: if I remember correctly ILU: I love you IM: instant message IMHO: in my humble opinion IMing: chatting with someone online IMNSHO: in my not so humble opinion IMO: in my opinion JK: just kidding K: okay KIT: keep in touch LOL: 1. Laughing out loud. 2. Little Old Lady. L8R: later M/F: male or female MSG: message N/P: no problem OIC: oh I see OMG: oh my god OTOH: on the other hand PLZ: please PM: private message ROFL: rolling on the floor laughing SUP or WU: what’s up THX: Thanks TX: Thanks. TU: thank you UW: you’re welcome WB: welcome back WTG: Way to go! WYSIWYG: what you see is what you get Online Bridge abbreviations---------------------------------------- 2/1 : 1. Two-over-one response (e.g. 1H : 2C). 2. Abbreviation for the 2/1 Game Force bidding system, in which a two-over-one response (with the exception of responses to 1NT) is forcing to game. Some 2/1 players, though, use a few exceptions to the game-forcing policy.) 3rd/5th -- Third and fifth leads. 0314: Roman Key Card Blackwood 0314. (In response to a 4NT key card ask, 5C shows 0 or 3 key cards and 5D shows 1 or 4.) 1430: Roman Key Card Blackwood 1430. (In response to a 4NT key card ask, 5C shows 1 or 4 key cards and 5D shows 0 or 3.) 4SF / FSF: Fourth Suit Forcing. AC: Appeals committee ACBL: American Contract Bridge League Acol: a popular British system based on simple, natural bidding, four-card majors, weak or split notrump openings. Acol two-bid: a strong (forcing) opening bid suggesting distributional strength Adv: Advanced. Advanced: In reference to a player who frequently plays in regional or national tournaments and is comfortable with advanced playing techniques such as endplays, mandatory falsecards and basic types of squeezes. AI: Authorised information BAL: Balanced hand BBO : Bridge Base Online - Online Bridge Gaming site Beg: Beginner. Beginner: Player who has just taken up the game. BIT: Break in Tempo BLML: Bridge-laws mailing list Capp: Cappelletti. A convention played over Opponents 1NT opening. CC: Convention Card. CHO: Centre Hand Opponent [ie partner] CoC: Conditions of contest CPU: Concealed partnership understanding CTD: Chief Tournament director DONT: A convention played over Opponents 1NT opening. Abbreviation for "Disturb Opponent's NT opening" EBL: Acronym for European Bridge League (federation). Exp: 1. Expert. 2. Experienced. Expert: Player who has represented his country in an international event, or won a national event, or has frequently won regional events. Friends List: List of friends whose whereabouts are tracked by the Game server. F2F: Face-to-face [to distinguish from Online bridge] FSF/ 4SF : 4th suit forcing to Game GCC: General Convention Chart [ACBL] GF: Game Force GL: Good luck. GLP: Good luck, partner. HUM: Highly Unusual Method Int: Intermediate. Intermediate: Frequent club player who has developed, and is familiar with, a personal convention card. Inv: Invitational hand. Invm: Inverted minors. J2N: Jacoby 2NT. JXF: Jacoby transfers. LA: Logical alternative Leb: Lebensohl. LHO: Left Hand Opponent LOTT: Law of Total Tricks. m: minor as in 3m = 3 of a minor M: Major as in 3M = 3 of a Major MSS: Minor Suit Stayman. NegX: Negative Double. NF: Non Forcing NH: Nice Hand Nov: Novice. Novice: Player who has recently learned to play bridge and may have played in a few duplicates. Familiar with basic concepts such as Stayman, Blackwood, cue bids and finessing. NMF : New minor force. After the auction 1m - 1M: 1NT - 2nm ( new minor) is either invitational or forcing to game, depending on bidding methods. NPP: No problem, Partner NTO: Nice Try, Opponent NTP: Nice Try, Partner O/E: Odd/Even Discards. a defensive signaling method in which odd-numbered cards (the three, the five, etc.) are encouraging,the even-numbered ones are discouraging and may have suit-preference implications. Opp: Opponent. Opps: Opponents. Pd: Partner. Pard: Partner. Re: Rehi. Rehi: Hello again. (Used when a player loses his connection to a table and rejoins.) RespX: Responsive Double. Rev: Reverse as in Reverse Bergen, Reverse Drury RGB: rec.games.bridge [newsgroup] RHO: Right Hand Opponent RKC: Roman Key Card Blackwood. RONF: Raise Only Non Force. [usage: Usually applied as a summary of methods for responding to a weak two-bid.] SAYC: Standard American Yellow Card (Bidding System). SJS: Strong Jump Shifts. SO: Sponsoring organisation Spec: 1. Spectate; kibitz. 2. One who spectates; kibitzer. Spl: Splinters. Stats: Player information sheet (or Players profile giving information on what system they play). Std : Standard, as in Standard form of carding as opposed to UDCA carding ( Upside down carding for count & attitude) SupX: Support Double. TD: Tournament director TXF: Texas transfers. TU: Thank you. TUP: Thank you, partner. TY: Thank you. TYP: Thank you, partner. UI: Unauthorized Information. Knowledge that a player is not entitled to use ( as, for example, that obtained through partner's uneven tempo). U2N: Unusual 2NT. UDCA: Upside Down Count and Attitude. As opposed to Std. carding (High for encouragement & Even cards & low for discouragement & odd no. of cards) Ur: Your. WD: Well done. WDO: Well Done, Opponents WDP: Well done, partner. WJO: Weak Jump Overcall. WJS: Weak Jump Shift. WPP: Well played partner WJS: Weak Jump Shifts. WBF: World Bridge Federation WBFLC: WBF Laws Committee Xfer: Transfer ZO: Zonal organisation ZT: Zero Tolerance [for unacceptable behaviour] 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 wb = welcome back (usually when one player disconnected) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tola18 Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 xD seems to be used as a broad smile. Lefty = left hand opponentRighty = right hand opponent advancer= "opener" errata: its answerer to a TakeOut doubler or Overcaller...responder = "answerer" this helps discussing bids in a sequence. palookas = not so good players BBO-expert = not real expert calling himself for expert. Quite common on BBO! May although be a decent player anyway. Star-players = players with a star on. That is players who did represented their country at least once. The field is thus quite uneven: Many are renowned international grandmasters = real worldclass. Some are teenagers who played a couple of times in youth tounaments representing their country there. Many are in-between. All in all: all these are surely better than the average "bbo-expert", but not necessarily World Champions everyone of them! :) Spec = spectators, sometimes may be interpreted as specialist if talked about Vugraph audience sending useful comments to a commentator.Kibitz = spectator. A kibitz in the tradition has some rights to give comments and advices.... To kibitz = too look on etc.Balcony = the spectators, onlookers. In loadable BBO they are in that corner=balcony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spwdo Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 spwdo=sorry partner well done opps , its trademark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 meh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdmunro Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 A couple of abbreviations, used on this forum, that caused me to pause and scratch my head: ainec "and it's not even close" ATB "Assign the blame" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 some of them you will find on urbandictionary.com :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 wwgd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant590 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 advancer= "opener"responder = "answerer" this helps discussing bids in a sequence. Just noticed this post from December. "advancer" is the partner of overcaller."responder" is the partner of the opener Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 advancer could also be the partner of the player who made a takeout double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2003 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 What is PIN in the profile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyck Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 DAB: Directional Asking Bid. Generally a cue to elicit an NT bid by pd.DEPO: Double Even, Pass Odd. Response to RKCB after intervention beyond 5 of agreed suit.DHCP: Total High Card Points (with Distribution)DSIP: Do Something Intelligent PartnerEKC: Exclusion Key Card BlackwoodFR: Fit RaiseGT: Game Try (bid Game & Try to make it, don’t invite)HSGT: Help Suit Game TryNV: Non Vulnerable (does not equal invulnerable)P: PassP/C: Pass/CorrectQNT: QuantitativeSA TXF: South African Texas TransferSSGT: Short Suit Game TryST: Slam Try (bid Slam & Try to make it, don’t invite)T/O: TakeoutVul: VulnerableX: DoubleXX: RedoubleXXX: <the rest of this thread has been censored...> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 carbon Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 What is PIN in the profile? "Pin" means to keep the profile displayed until closed, from "pinning" it on a physical bulletin board with a straight pin or thumbtack. tOM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirate22 Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 GLP= get lost partner :):) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 abbreviated prethought when partner goes red pdcbp - 'Please Don't Come Back, Partner' abbreviated postthought when partner has stopped being red if not preceded with prethought wbp - welcome back partner if preceded with prethought cwta - cant win them all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdeegan Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 <_< wtf = as in wtf was that all about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgecat2 Posted July 29, 2010 Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 How do I use the card symbols in a chat ???? what are the short cuts ??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_R__E_G Posted July 29, 2010 Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 How do I use the card symbols in a chat ???? what are the short cuts ??? An exclamarion mark followed immediately by an h, d, c or s gives the symbols. No space between the exclamation and the letter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted July 30, 2010 Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 How do I use the card symbols in a chat ???? what are the short cuts ??? An exclamarion mark followed immediately by an h, d, c or s gives the symbols. No space between the exclamation and the letter. ♠ = !s♥ = !h♦ = !d♣ = !c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 carbon Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 Also some smileys added, at least for the web version::D = : D (note, delete intervening spaces - have to insert them for display here):) = : ):( = : (:) = ; ):P = : P(blushing) = :$ tOM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucky Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 BBO-expert = not real expert calling himself for expert. Quite common on BBO! So funny! (and sadly true). I wonder if BBO has some guideline for each category. Right now it is just star or no-star, but we should be able to do better than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manudude03 Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 They do, but a lot don't follow them. Novice: Someone who recently learned to play bridge.Beginner: Someone who has played bridge for less than one year.Intermediate: Someone who is comparable in skill to most other members on BBO.Advanced: Someone who has been consistently successful in clubs or minor tournaments.Expert: Someone who has enjoyed success in major national tournaments.World Class: Someone who has represented their country in World Championships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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