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Useful abbreviations wdp etc where do I find the bridge shorthand?

#41 User is offline   BunnyGo 

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Posted 2011-December-19, 16:05

View Post32519, on 2011-December-19, 11:55, said:

What do the following abbreviations mean?
1.) WTP = "what's the problem?" usually used to suggest that there is no problem.
2.) PTP = "plan the play"
3.) f2f = "face to face"
4.) OP = Original post (or original poster)
5.) r/w = red vs. white (we are red, they are white)

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Posted 2011-December-20, 18:06

1) "what's the problem?"
2) hm. dunno.
3) face to face.
4) Original Post or Original Poster
5) probably "red over white", referring to vulnerability.*

* I really hate the North American approach to these (and I'm American). I much prefer the English "traffic light" model: Red: vulnerable vs. not vulnerable, Amber (or Yellow): vulnerable vs. vulnerable, White: not vulnerable vs. not vulnerable, Green: not vulnerable vs. vulnerable.
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Posted 2011-December-20, 20:51

View Post32519, on 2011-December-19, 11:55, said:

What do the following abbreviations mean?
1.) WTP--What's the Problem? Used when a poster believes the answer is obvious
2.) PTP--Don't know. (maybe "pick the place" for a fight?) :rolleyes:
3.) f2f--face to face, as opposed to on-line
4.) OP--Either original post or original poster, depending on context.
5.) r/w--red (us) vs. white (them)...unfavorable vulnerability.

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Posted 2011-December-21, 00:46

View Postblackshoe, on 2011-December-20, 18:06, said:

* I really hate the North American approach to these (and I'm American). I much prefer the English "traffic light" model: Red: vulnerable vs. not vulnerable, Amber (or Yellow): vulnerable vs. vulnerable, White: not vulnerable vs. not vulnerable, Green: not vulnerable vs. vulnerable.

Is vulnerability marked in color on your duplicate boards? Our terminology matches these markings.

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Posted 2011-December-21, 12:05

Yes. I stil prefer the other.
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Posted 2012-January-07, 00:56

What do these abbreviations mean?

1.) ODR
2.) POS
3.) SF
4.) DN

I managed to figure out NS stands for Non-Serious. (N/S would be North/South).

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Posted 2012-January-09, 06:56

1. ODR = offensive to defensive ratio
2. POS = pos = positive
3. SF = semi-forcing, but I suspect you mean SP = semi-positive
4. DN = double negative
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Posted 2012-January-16, 07:03

p2p is peer-to-peer, a semi-illegal file sharing/streaming technique. PTP i don't know. urban dictionary has some definitions but I cannot reproduce them here, suffice it to say, they are not bridge or indeed computer related.
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Posted 2012-January-16, 07:39

View Postgwnn, on 2012-January-16, 07:03, said:

p2p is peer-to-peer, a semi-illegal file sharing/streaming technique. PTP i don't know. urban dictionary has some definitions but I cannot reproduce them here, suffice it to say, they are not bridge or indeed computer related.


PTP stands for plan the play I think
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Posted 2012-January-16, 07:51

ah of course. silly me. that's right.
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Posted 2012-January-16, 07:52

also CECO is something that pooltuna occasionally uses, it stands for "claim early, claim often".
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Posted 2012-January-17, 22:48

View Postgwnn, on 2012-January-16, 07:03, said:

p2p is peer-to-peer ...

P2P = Pay To Play - http://www.ebu.co.uk...lay/default.htm
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Posted 2012-January-29, 12:21

BTW, I vote for eliminating "OTOH" from usage on these fora. Might be referring to a different deal :rolleyes:
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Posted 2012-February-09, 13:32

View Postbridgecat2, on 2010-July-29, 09:03, said:

How do I use the card symbols in a chat ???? what are the short cuts ???


!c - clubs
!d - diamonds
!h - hearts
!s - spades
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Posted 2012-April-22, 22:18

WTHYHDTA = Where's the hand you held during the auction?
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Posted 2012-April-22, 23:13

glp=sorry I put down a bad dummy, good luck!
wdp=opp defense poorly
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Posted 2012-July-01, 19:51

COG = Choice Of Games
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Posted 2012-July-04, 23:22

Here is a new one I recently saw:

wtf = welcome to facebook :P
(the other wtf is already documented)
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Posted 2012-July-05, 00:55

GOSH = ?
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Posted 2012-July-05, 01:19

View Post32519, on 2012-July-05, 00:55, said:

GOSH = ?

Good One-Suited Hand. In other words the kind of hand that you would double and bid rather than overcall, or would make a jump overcall with over a preempt. Some of the theory around doubles is based around whether they can contain this hand type or not.
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