Dictionary of Abbreviations / Terms
by Colin Lee on
July 3rd, 2008
As I start writing out the system I’m going to use a lot of abbreviations and terms for things to save me typing everything out. Here is a list of the abbreviations I use:
| V or VUL or Red | Vulnerable |
| NV or White | Not Vulnerable |
| F | Forcing |
| NF | Not Forcing |
| I | Invitational |
| GF | Game Forcing |
| M | Major Suit |
| m | Minor Suit |
| o | Other (hence oM = other Major) |
| u | Unbid (hence um = unbid minor) |
| X, Y, Z | an unbid suit – e.g. 1X – 1Y means 1 of a suit followed by 1 of a different suit |
| R | red suit – hearts / diamonds |
| B | black suit – spades / clubs |
| P | Pass |
| Dbl or X | double |
| Bid or Any | Any bid |
| Act | Any bid or double |
| Rdbl or XX | redouble |
| Rel | Relay (a relay ASKs partner a question) |
| Xfer or tran | Transfer (a transfer SHOWs something to partner) |
| Pup | Puppet (a Puppet FORCES a bid from partner) |
| Cue | Cue-bid in the enemy suit |
| FS | Fourth Suit |
| FSF | Fourth Suit Forcing |
| J | Jump |
| DJ | Double Jump |
| JS | Jump Shift |
| FJ or FJS | Fit Jump or Fit Jump Shift |
| IJCB | Italian Jump Cue Bid (shows game raise in opener’s suit showing a control in the suit bid – A, K or shortness) |
| RKCB | Roman Keycard Blackwood |
| HCP | High Card Points |
| LT | Losing Tricks or Losers |
| Bal | Balanced |
| 4432 or 4441, etc | These are unspecified suits showing possible different distributions. 4441 means any singleton. |
| 4-4-3-2 or 4-4-4-1, etc. | This shows specific suits: 4-4-4-1 means a singleton club, 4-4-3-2 means 4♠ 4♥ 3♦ and 2♣. – means a specific suit. |
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