This blog is just a collection of bridge terms organized in a dictionary type form. It was brought about as a post on Bridge Base Forums, and I have organized it alphabetically, Enjoy!!
Please post any other definitions you have as a comment on this post, thanks!!
EDIT:
Thanks to Gerben, Matmat and Normand Houle for additional definitions, they have been added. (9/13/09)
Bennett Trial
Grosvenor Coup
Dummy Reversal
Partner's Bidding
Void
Lightner Double
Revoke
Added on 10/27/09:
Kamikaze Notrump
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what what?!
ReplyDeleteCheater (n.)
ReplyDeleteUsually a brilliant player whose skills are beyond comprehension for the average BBO expert.
Junior (n.)
ReplyDelete1. A player who still has not mastered arythmetic, and, despite a young age, has developed an unusually sharp tongue.
2. any player who can still see across the table without corrective lenses and whose hair is not white.
Jack (n.):
ReplyDeleteSee Knave
Knave (n.):
Various hypotheses have been presented as to what this card is worth, but with no resolution. Many agree that the knave often gets depressed and sticks a sword through its head, unless paired with a neighboring spot.
Zoom (n.)
ReplyDeleteA gadget (see gadget) used in some precision (see precision) auctions to give the asker a piece of information they were not expecting and won't know the continuations to.
gadget (n.)
ReplyDeleteA pet method devised in the hopes to have ones name associated with it.
Nice stuff!! I've added them now :)
ReplyDeleteopponent (n.)
ReplyDeleteany of the three other people seated at the table with you. The ones seated to your left and right would like for you to do poorly, the one seated across from you knows that you will.
auction (n.)
ReplyDeletea ceremony in which four people go around the table telling each other how much they are willing to pay for the privilige of misdeclaring (see declarer play) the hand.
declarer play (n.)
ReplyDeletea black art that one must master alone. it has been likened by some to underwear, in that it's nobody's business but your own to learn it.
One's declarer play often improves with the consumption of controlled substances or when coupled with the act of peeking.
kibitzer (n.):
ReplyDeletean infallible bidder, declarer and defender who never participates in an auction and never plays a card.
bart (n.):
ReplyDeletea convention concocted to confuse friend and foe alike. named after the simpsons character.
screen (n.)
ReplyDeletea safety feature preventing one from killing one's partner at the bridge table.
spiral scan (n.)
ReplyDeletethe bridge equivalent of a merry go round.
xenophobe (n.)
ReplyDeletea bridge player
Break In Tempo (n.)
ReplyDeleteAn excuse used by many players to intimidate opponents by calling the director when no obvious infraction occurred.
Canadian Slam Defense
ReplyDeleteNormally the best defense to a small slam bid by two Canadian experts is two cash two aces and wait for your trump trick. If it's a Grand Slam, you only usually get to cash one ace.
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Awesome Encyclopedia!
ReplyDeleteMight want to also include: Sticks and Wheels (Gee-originated term for going -1100)