Nullo
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A bid in which the bidder asserts that he or she will not take any tricks.
"If the adversaries of a nullo revoke, the declarer can give them three of his tricks, or take 100 in honours as penalty. If he revokes, they take 100 penalty as usual. SUGGESTIONS FOR BIDDING. The dealer should never bid a nullo originally ..."
- 2 One who has their genitals (and sometimes nipples) surgically removed (nullification) as a form of body modification. neologism
"This public presentation of the mutilation of the penis is not obviously very different from the forms of disassembly of the penis engaged in by male body modifiers – particularly nullos and transgenders – on the Body Modification Ezine website."
Example
More examples"If the adversaries of a nullo revoke, the declarer can give them three of his tricks, or take 100 in honours as penalty. If he revokes, they take 100 penalty as usual. SUGGESTIONS FOR BIDDING. The dealer should never bid a nullo originally ..."
Etymology
From null + -o.
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