THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY...................................................

• Spot : what a player is put on when his/her next bid will either bring about an outright top...or outright bottom
• Trump squeeze : the ability of a player to break wind in a controlled and quiet way
• Touching : a term used to describe those extremely rare occasions where a player forgives his partner in a caring and considerate way
• Wolff signal : a shrill two-note whistle used by responder ( over partner's 2NT rebid ) to alert him to the possibility that his hand may well be weak
• Skip : often the adopted motion of an over-joyous player who goes up to collect his/her first ever major trophy
• Support : what most doddery old players look for from their partners in their struggle to get from table to table
• Threat : something that is handed out by a highly volatile player to his hopeless and mistake-ridden partner