köken: From an unattested earlier *κουρόγιδο (*kourógido), itself from κουρεύω (kourévo, “to cut hair”) + γίδι (gídi, “young goat”), probably in reference to Byzantine soldiers who were shaved with a goat's shears. An alternative theory takes *κουρόγιδο (*kourógido) as a borrowing from Latin corrideo (“to laugh together or aloud”).
the jaws of death; a very dangerous situation · position surrounded by three enemy stones; if a player places their stone here, they will be immediately taken by the enemy in the next move · overly naive and submissive person; pushover, doormat, sucker
köken: Sino-Korean word from 虎口, from 虎 (“tiger”) + 口 (“mouth”). The "pushover" sense derives from the game of Go sense, implying someone submissive enough to be willing to place their stone in such a position.
köken: Unknown. First attested in the 20th century. * Bruckner suggests a derivation from bucefał; supprted by Karłowicz, Sławski, and Długosz-Kurczabowa. * Bańkowksi suggests a derivation from dialectal German *Bandspfahl, from Band (“bonds”) + Pfahl (“pole”).
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъlbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *stl̥b-, an ablaut variant of *stelb (“post, pole, jamb”) (whence also stilbs, q.v.), from *stel- (“to put in a standing position, to erect; standing, immobile, stiff”) with an extra b. The semantic evolution was probably: “motionless, stiff” > “surprised, stunned” > “stupid”. Cognates include Old Irish borb (“foolish, silly”), Latvian…
A sucker, patsy, or sap; an unsavvy one who accedes to all requests, plays fair, and is easily taken advantage of.
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köken: From Odessa Yiddish פֿרײַער (frayer, “dupe, someone who is easily swindled”), itself from German Freier (“john, someone who buys sex”). Compare Russian фра́ер (frájer), Polish frajer, Romanian fraier.
(ונעשה מילואים) נשלם המיסים (ונעמוד בפקקים) אותנו לא דופקים (אנחנו בטח, בטח, בטח לא) אנחנו בטח לא פראיירים