approach-forcing
English
Etymology
Coined by Ely Culbertson in the early 1930's to describe the bidding system that he invented.
Noun
approach-forcing (uncountable)
- (bridge) A bidding system in which the responder does not support a partner's bid suit without 4 card support or 3 cards plus a Queen or higher, never passes an opening 1 bid while holding one and a half honor tricks or more, always responds with an indication of hand strength, and in which a 2 opener or jump bid is considered forcing to game. No Trump is used as a negative response when forced to bid.
- 1934, Literary Digest (volume 118, issue 11, page 38)
- […] the approach-forcing system and other less widely known systems offer a helping hand to the beginner […]
- 1937, Silas Bent, Should we abolish bridge? Yessir! (in The Rotarian, March 1937, page 10)
- My acquaintance with trick values, "approach-forcing," the pitfalls of no-trump, the conventions and the various "systems" has come by word of mouth or by painful experience at the card table.
- 1934, Literary Digest (volume 118, issue 11, page 38)
References
- Hand Evaluation – Tactics (Approach Forcing)