matmat Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Drury (n.) A convention with its roots in a bygone age, when black tie was the dress code, cigarettes not frowned upon at the table and psychic controls were all the rage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Stayman (n.) Plagurized convention that allows a partnership to get to 4-Major when 3NT is cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Strong pass A devilish plan invented by KGB with the aim to sabotate and destroy this capitalistic game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Puppet Stayman (n.) Extends the affect of Stayman to 5=3 fits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Fert abbr (n.) The s*&^ you get into when you play superior methods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Jacoby Transfer (n.) Method of getting partner to go down in a contract you could have made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 relay (n.) Ideal method for a player with no judgement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 symmetric relay (n.) Method for two players equally without judgement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 leaping Michaels (n.) Ware and Whibley (both Michaels) beating us in the National Trials - good luck guys in Sao Paulo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Sign off uneffective method in trying to stop the habitual overbidder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 non-leaping Michaels (n.) If only 7♦ Dbl had made. [hv=d=w&v=n&n=sq10652h863d109cq83&w=s874h9dakj876542c&e=sa3haq7dq3ca97642&s=skj9hkj10542dckj105]399|300|Scoring: IMP5♦ (Pass) 7♦ (Dbl)All Pass[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 denial cue-bid (v.) "It was natural!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 double dummy (n.) 1. Partner declares. 2. Partner defends. "We defended double dummy." "You played that double dummy." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Modesty (adj.) A silly concept that went out of fashion several decades ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHNN Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Gerber to a novice player Gerber?mmmm.........i dont eat or serve baby food!!sorry! :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Artificial (n.) Descriptive of the intelligence of bridge theorists who seem averse to bidding the suit(s) they actually have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 3-suited (adj.) Descriptive of the dress code at the Yukon January Bridge Congress when the generator in the hotel has blown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Double Dummy (n.) Portmanteau word to describe your opponents when they each hold an ace and fail to set your 6NT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 BridgeMate (n.) The unfriendly electronic contraption that North has to wrestle with for the duration of a bridge session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Barometer (n.) The gauge, positioned on the left-side of a team match in BBO, that accurately measures the level of depression of your team members Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 System (n.) A series of sentences purported to state what conventions you play, each of which, at one time or another, are systematically forgotten or neglected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Symmetric relay(n.) alt. a series of bids that eventuate a contract resulting in asymmetric results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Combination Play (n.) A line partner takes that, with a combination of stupidity and ill-judgement, invariably results in him going off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Comic NT (b.) An overcall of 1NT that causes your partner to lose his sense of humour once your hand hits the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 CRASH (v. occasionally a n.) A verb describing your association with the sofa later that evening when, whilst playing with your wife, you overcall an opponents non-making NT to a non-making part-score your way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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