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

• Trump signal : Usually the lifting of a single buttock to allow easy passage for a forthcoming trump
• Tight : a term used to describe a player who has a disturbing habit of carrying an empty wallet
• Unauthorised information : hand details which are communicated freely between players and their partners using a whole range of devious and underhand methods
• White : the colour your face turns to after passing your partner's opening 2C on a 12 count
• Stand a double : an ability to remain in an upright position in the bar area after yet another rather large whiskey
• 3C Stayman : a recovery convention used only by those players who forgot to use stayman at the 2 level
• Tournament : where players of genuine class come across useless wannabes in completely one-sided encounters
• Rhythm : what players who dig the blues have a real feel for