slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Bust (n.) A very weak hand a woman keeps close to her very large chest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 'Coup without a name' (.n) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Defense (n.) That thing upon which de partner always sits when an important counter-play has to be made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Discovery play (n.) A play intended to obtain information about the location of outstanding cards that your partner always seems to discover in the bar after the match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Peter (v. and n.) The name of your favourite BBO partner who you love to play with as he is your age, has your sense of humour and your attitude towards bridge, and then one day you find out it's actually a 73 year old woman called Gertrude who has 9 cats and she also logs in as Paul, Barry, Frank and Tom; your 4 other favourite partners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Go Down (v.) :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Board (n. adj.) The ennui one feels after playing a hand of bridge with someone who has as much intelligence as a lobotomised tadpole. Be careful Slothy. Some posters have aleady said they enjoy playing with themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Ruffian The ♠2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feegle Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Submarine squeeze An advanced declarer play technique my partner uses whilst playing a grand slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feegle Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Ainsworth The length of time it takes to get served in a camera shop.Hence, also, how long we will have to wait for the abolition of income tax or the Second Coming. from 'The Deeper Meaning of Liff' Douglas Adams & John Lloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Striped-tail ape double (n.) A X made by partner resulting in opponents playing in 4SXX+2 which proves beyond any doubt that your partner is the missing link between ourselves and other primates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Acol (n.) A bidding system i swear by with a partner I swear at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Rectifying The Count (v.) The act of reducing the number of players at the table by 1 by telling your partner to leave so that you can actually have a decent game of bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Squeeze Without The Count (n.) A squeeze executed by your partner where he failed to count the number of tricks he had to accumulate to make the contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Stop (v.) 1. a quiet exclamation to inform the opponents of a skip-bid warning;2. a more vociferous exclamation to one's partner encapsulating quite accurately what you believe he should do with his bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Switch (n.) What you want to do as a partner when yours leads the Ace of your singleton and then plays a trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feegle Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 4th best The partner you draw in a high stakes rubber game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Escape (v.) What one feels like doing after 2 hours of bridge with a lousy p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Sponsor (n.) 1. Bridge player extraordinaire to whom one says 'Well Done, marvellous' for making his contract even though he made 3 tricks less than everyone else.2. Wake up and smell the coffee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Zia (v.) Warning: This word is not allowed in scrabble! The cueing of a suit in which one has a poor holding that an opponent was never going to lead in the first place but is conveniently alerted to the fact that leading it may now be a good idea. Coincidentally, the Zia is also the name of a tribe from Papua New Guinea where the probability of being the victim of such a cue-bid in one of their Congresses (for some odd reason they never seem to attract The Fantonis and Aukens of this world) is drastically reduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Half Table (n.) 1. An extra pair at a duplicate game.2. The fractional population of your table after the curry you ate earlier that evening has digested itself in a way you found difficult to control ( your p is one of those unfortunate people who lost her sense of smell when due to a cosmetic surgical fiasco she 'cut off her nose to spite her face' ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Head-to-Head (adj.) How you wish your opponents would come into contact with each other after they bid a 18% game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 2over1 (n.) 1. =22. See SAYC. 3. A system where responder playing in 1NT is always the optimal contract.4. The nik of a man from Chicago (see Chicago - Bridge Movements) who is most beautiful with a black background. (eheheh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 GIB (acronym) Double dummy analyser integrated into the BBO software which i will pay Fred Gitelman 200 BBO$ (payable 4 months hence) if he allowed me exclusive access to it as declarer and defender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Non-simultaneous Guard Hedgehog Squeeze (n.) (lol i didnt make this up Link) A squeeze as rare, and as successful, as two hedgehogs mating doggy-fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.