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

• Trick : something a top class player likes to keep up his sleeve
• Score card : an intimate record of all the ladies and/or gentlemen you have partnered
• Hog : a player noted for his insatiable appetite and desire to play all the hands. Never one to trust his partner's ability as declarer, the hog will endeavour to play inferior contracts at the risk of inferior scores.
• Bridge teacher : a player , usually of modest ability, who has come to recognise the beauty and pleasure of making easy money out of the game 
• Isolated menace : a disruptive player who is removed from an event, being confined to bar area for the remainder of the session
• An auction : an activity that takes place at the start of each board,  where most players fall into the trap of over-bidding, only to pay a heavy price later on after the play of the hand 
• Partner : a classic euphemism for " your worst enemy "
• Bridge bore : what most pompous, full-of-shit, players become,  who not only love the sound of their own droning voice, but are hellbent on regaling everyone ( or anyone )    about their self-proclaimed triumphs, coups and successes at the tables 
• Yawn : the typical response to a bridge bore, which is an honest opinion openly expressed  
• Stiff :  What an excitable male player might have in his hand when wild distributions occur