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Useful words new words and repurposing old ones

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Posted 2020-July-07, 19:18

My first card game was rummy, which my Bobe taught me sitting at a little table at the front of the Bazaar. She always won. As a teenager, I played chess. Chess has some great words. Why waste. Also, why not cannibalise some German words and put them to good use.
Here's a start.
  • Scoredenfreude - the pleasure that you take when you get positive imps, or more than 50% because the opponents made a terrible mistake. This mostly applies when your own running total is abysmal.
  • Zugzwang - A card that you play to put the opponents into an impossible position - like endplay, but harder to pronounce.
  • Zwischenzug - in-between move, For example, a card that you play in order to establish a suit while you still have stoppers in the other suits. A great word because it's much harder to pronounce than Zugzwang.
  • Patzer - your partner if you score badly.
  • Detritophagic - the look someone has when their partner passes a Texas transfer.




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Posted 2020-July-08, 04:01

The best from Dutch

"Dwangneurose"

Dwang in bridge is Dutch for squeeze.
Neurose is neurosis.
Dwangneurose is the psychological disorder compulsive neurosis.

It is a word used for the player always looking out for a squeeze even if alternative plays offer three times the chance of succes. I used to have such a partner one time, very tiring...
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Posted 2020-July-08, 16:25

Castling sort of works in bridge if you're a Norwegian.

E.g.

KQJT

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KQ_T

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K__T

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_TK_

('T' is Norwegian chess notation for 'tårn' (eng.: 'rook').)
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