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Originally posted by Dfthd
whats bungle
bungle

n : an embarrassing mistake [syn: blunder, blooper, bloomer, foul-up, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo] v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up] 2: spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly; "I bungled it!"

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Originally posted by Nordlys
It does have a Yiddish ring to it...
That would have been my guess.

I'm on an ethnic foods kick right now. I had latke days ago for the first time, and am having knish for the first time right now. I can't expect too many more years on this granite planet, I figure, so I need to sample exotic foods while I have the chance.

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Heh, a Patzer is a weak player or a person that plays like "He who sees a check delivers a check."

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my understanding of a patzer is that they must satisfy two things

1/ they must be keen chess players,

2/ they must make regular less than perfect moves ... and occasional serious blunders.

this is just my understanding of its use and not some phd thesis.

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Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDER
Spanish (desperado)
Italian (fianchetto, tempo, intermezzo)
Arabic (tabiya)
German (zugzwang, zwischenzug)
French (en passant, en prise)

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Not even mentioned in my Oxford Unabridged, nor my Websters Third New International. Guess they don't even think it's entered the English language yet. Shows how much lexicographers know about chess.

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Originally posted by Paul Dirac
That would have been my guess.

I'm on an ethnic foods kick right now. I had latke days ago for the first time, and am having knish for the first time right now. I can't expect too many more years on this granite planet, I figure, so I need to sample exotic foods while I have the chance.
Avoid gefilte fish - well, maybe try it once. That's all you need to know.

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Originally posted by buddy2
Not even mentioned in my Oxford Unabridged, nor my Websters Third New International. Guess they don't even think it's entered the English language yet. Shows how much lexicographers know about chess.
One could even possibly enlighten the language further from RHP:

bobbob (n.): pointless thread.
exy (v.) to exy the game ie play a really unsound opening and still manage to win.
buffalobill: a buffalobill ie to get yourself into such a tangle in an opening you're experimenting with (and know next to nothing about) that you contrive to lose against a patzer.
The last doesn't have much of a ring to it, but you get the idea.
Any more?

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Originally posted by buffalobill
Avoid gefilte fish - well, maybe try it once. That's all you need to know.
Is that the stuff that comes in a clear glass jar, and looks like octopus parts? Never have tried it.

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Originally posted by Paul Dirac
Is that the stuff that comes in a clear glass jar, and looks like octopus parts? Never have tried it.
It's a sort of mashed fish. Traditional Jewish food that bears a passing resemblance to dog vomit.

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Originally posted by buffalobill
One could even possibly enlighten the language further from RHP:

bobbob (n.): pointless thread.
exy (v.) to exy the game ie play a really unsound opening and still manage to win.
buffalobill: a buffalobill ie to get yourself into such a tangle in an opening you're experimenting with (and know next to nothing about) that you contrive to lose against a patzer.
The last doesn't have much of a ring to it, but you get the idea.
Any more?
nordlys (v.): to miss a mate in one (either yours or your opponent's) 😳