Usenet Bridge Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are in use when posting to Usenet, or when sending emails.

3m	3 or 3 [minor]
3M	3 or 3 [Major]
... 3	3 after a hesitation
3!	3 alerted
ABF	Australian Bridge Federation
AC	Appeals committee
ACBL	American Contract Bridge League
AI	Authorised information
ArtAS	Artificial adjusted score
AssAS	Assigned adjusted score
ATF	Across-the-field [matchpointing]
ATTNA	Appeal to the National Authority
BBL	British Bridge League [now defunct]
BGB	Bridge Great Britain
BIT	Break in Tempo
BLML	Bridge-laws mailing list
BoD	Board of directors [ACBL]
BoG	Board of governors [ACBL]
BOOT	Bid-Out-Of-Turn
C&E	Conduct and ethics [often hearings]
CC	Convention card
CD	Convention Disruption
CHO	Centre Hand Opponent [ie partner]
CoC	Conditions of contest
COOT	Call-Out-Of-Turn
CoP	Code of practice
CPU	Concealed partnership understanding
CTD	Chief Tournament director
DBF	Danish Bridge Federation
DIC	Director in charge
DP	Disciplinary penalty
EBL	European Bridge League
EBU	English Bridge Union
EHAA	Every Hand an Adventure [a system]
F2F	Face-to-face [to distinguish from Online bridge]
FOLOOT	Faced Opening-Lead-Out-Of-Turn
GCC	General Convention Chart [ACBL]
HUM	Highly Unusual Method
IB	Insufficient Bid
IBLF	International Bridge Laws Forum
LA	Logical alternative
L&EC	Laws & Ethics Committee [English, Welsh or Scottish]
LHO	Left Hand Opponent
Lnn	Law number nn
LOL	Little old lady [may be of either sex]
LOOT	Lead-Out-Of-Turn
MB	Misbid
ME	Misexplanation
MI	Misinformation
MPC	Major penalty card
mPC	Minor penalty card
MSC	Master Solvers' Club [The Bridge World]
NA	National Authority
NABC	ACBL North American Bridge Championships
NBB	Nederlandse Bridge Bond [Dutch Bridge League]
NBO	National Bridge organisation
NCBO	National Contract Bridge organisation
NIBU	Northern Ireland Bridge Union
NO	Non-offender
NOs	Non-offenders
NOS	Non-offending side
OBM	Old Black Magic
OBOOT	Opening-Bid-Out-Of-Turn
OKB	OKBridge
OLB	Online bridge [to distinguish from Face-to-face bridge]
OLOOT	Opening-Lead-Out-Of-Turn
OOT	Out-Of-Turn
Os	Offenders
OS	Offending side
pd	Partner
PLOOT	Play-Out-Of-Turn
POOT	Pass-Out-Of-Turn
PP	Procedural penalty
RA	Regulating Authority
RGB	rec.games.bridge [newsgroup]
RGBO	rec.games.bridge.okbridge [newsgroup]
RHO	Right Hand Opponent
RLB	Real Life Bridge [to distinguish from Online bridge]
RoC	Rule of coincidence
RoW	Rest of World [apart from North America]
RTFLB	Read the [fabulous] Law book!
SBU	Scottish Bridge Union
SO	Sponsoring organisation
TBW	The Bridge World [magazine]
TD	Tournament director
TDic	Tournament director in charge
TFLB	The [fabulous] Law book!
UI	Unauthorised information
WBF	World Bridge Federation
WBFLC	WBF Laws Committee
WBU	Welsh Bridge Union
YC	Young Chelsea
ZO	Zonal organisation
ZT	Zero Tolerance [for unacceptable behaviour]

Editor's note:

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