short for "fertilizer," a fert bid is part of a forcing pass system, one in which many good hands must "open" with pass. As a result, most very bad hands must open something else. [..]

overcaller's partner

8410 shape. See: "swan".

A bid that means something other than what it sounds like. A convention.

one with 4-3-3-3, 4-4-3-2, or 5-3-3-2 pattern.

Board-a-match. A type of scoring in which one's score is always 0, 1, or one half, representing your team's doing worse, better, or exactly equal to the other team. This is not the same as t [..]

redouble. In backgammon, to beaver is to redouble and maintain control of the cube, an optional rule.

the 7. In some circles, taking the 13th trick with the 7 is worth a beer from partner. See also: scotch.

One of: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1NT, 2, ... , 7, ..., 7NT.

Ruff