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Jacoby Transfer (n.)
Method of getting partner to go down in a contract you could have made.
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#181
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Posted 2009-June-13, 00:37
Wayne Burrows
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
#182
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Posted 2009-June-13, 00:39
relay (n.)
Ideal method for a player with no judgement.
Ideal method for a player with no judgement.
Wayne Burrows
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
#183
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Posted 2009-June-13, 00:40
symmetric relay (n.)
Method for two players equally without judgement.
Method for two players equally without judgement.
Wayne Burrows
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
#184
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Posted 2009-June-13, 00:42
leaping Michaels (n.)
Ware and Whibley (both Michaels) beating us in the National Trials - good luck guys in Sao Paulo.
Ware and Whibley (both Michaels) beating us in the National Trials - good luck guys in Sao Paulo.
Wayne Burrows
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
#185
- Vugrapholic
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Posted 2009-June-13, 00:44
Sign off
uneffective method in trying to stop the habitual overbidder.
uneffective method in trying to stop the habitual overbidder.
Preempts are Aberlour's best bridge friends
#186
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Posted 2009-June-13, 00:46
non-leaping Michaels (n.)
If only 7♦ Dbl had made.
If only 7♦ Dbl had made.
Wayne Burrows
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
#187
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Posted 2009-June-13, 00:50
denial cue-bid (v.)
"It was natural!!!"
"It was natural!!!"
Wayne Burrows
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
#188
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Posted 2009-June-13, 01:01
double dummy (n.)
1. Partner declares.
2. Partner defends.
"We defended double dummy."
"You played that double dummy."
1. Partner declares.
2. Partner defends.
"We defended double dummy."
"You played that double dummy."
Wayne Burrows
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
#189
- Vesuvius the Violent Volcano
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Posted 2009-June-13, 08:53
Modesty (adj.)
A silly concept that went out of fashion several decades ago.
A silly concept that went out of fashion several decades ago.
Yay for the "Ignored Users" feature!
#190
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Posted 2009-June-13, 08:58
Gerber to a novice player
Gerber?
mmmm.........i dont eat or serve baby food!!
sorry!
Gerber?
mmmm.........i dont eat or serve baby food!!
sorry!
#191
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Posted 2009-June-13, 10:14
Artificial (n.)
Descriptive of the intelligence of bridge theorists who seem averse to bidding the suit(s) they actually have.
Descriptive of the intelligence of bridge theorists who seem averse to bidding the suit(s) they actually have.
gaudium est miseris socios habuisse penarum - Misery loves company.
#192
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Posted 2009-June-13, 10:16
3-suited (adj.)
Descriptive of the dress code at the Yukon January Bridge Congress when the generator in the hotel has blown.
Descriptive of the dress code at the Yukon January Bridge Congress when the generator in the hotel has blown.
gaudium est miseris socios habuisse penarum - Misery loves company.
#193
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Posted 2009-June-13, 10:19
Double Dummy (n.)
Portmanteau word to describe your opponents when they each hold an ace and fail to set your 6NT
Portmanteau word to describe your opponents when they each hold an ace and fail to set your 6NT
gaudium est miseris socios habuisse penarum - Misery loves company.
#194
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Posted 2009-June-13, 10:25
BridgeMate (n.)
The unfriendly electronic contraption that North has to wrestle with for the duration of a bridge session.
The unfriendly electronic contraption that North has to wrestle with for the duration of a bridge session.
gaudium est miseris socios habuisse penarum - Misery loves company.
#195
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Posted 2009-June-13, 10:28
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
The gauge, positioned on the left-side of a team match in BBO, that accurately measures the level of depression of your team members
gaudium est miseris socios habuisse penarum - Misery loves company.
#196
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Posted 2009-June-13, 10:33
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.
A series of sentences purported to state what conventions you play, each of which, at one time or another, are systematically forgotten or neglected.
gaudium est miseris socios habuisse penarum - Misery loves company.
#197
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Posted 2009-June-13, 10:37
Symmetric relay(n.)
alt. a series of bids that eventuate a contract resulting in asymmetric results.
alt. a series of bids that eventuate a contract resulting in asymmetric results.
gaudium est miseris socios habuisse penarum - Misery loves company.
#198
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Posted 2009-June-13, 10:39
Combination Play (n.)
A line partner takes that, with a combination of stupidity and ill-judgement, invariably results in him going off.
A line partner takes that, with a combination of stupidity and ill-judgement, invariably results in him going off.
gaudium est miseris socios habuisse penarum - Misery loves company.
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Posted 2009-June-13, 10:41
Comic NT (b.)
An overcall of 1NT that causes your partner to lose his sense of humour once your hand hits the table.
An overcall of 1NT that causes your partner to lose his sense of humour once your hand hits the table.
gaudium est miseris socios habuisse penarum - Misery loves company.
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Posted 2009-June-13, 10:44
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.
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.
gaudium est miseris socios habuisse penarum - Misery loves company.
5♦ (Pass) 7♦ (Dbl)
All Pass