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

• Bidding.................the rest period between arguments
• Danger Hand.........usually your partner's right fist, after failing to see it was the LHO who carried the threat
• Face Down...........how you inevitably end up after failing to see the danger hand.....
• Wriggle................ a clever but unethical body movement to tell partner to bid again to find a safer spot
• Top-of-nothing.......a common joke God plays on players, condemning them to mid-table mediocrity