My 11-year-old son likes all kinds of kids’ card games and recently told me that his friends say “You’re bleeding” to indicate that your cards are showing, and to suggest that you hold them closer to your vest. Anyone else heard that phrase? Google and an online slang dictionary came up dry.
If you’ve heard it, where are you from, and how long has the phrase been around?
I think you should take away your kid’s switchblade.
Born and raised in Northern Virginia (well, actually I was born in Maryland, but after that it was Virginia all the way), and I first heard it in high school, starting probably in 2003 or 4.
Heard that from my 16-year-old sister sometime in the past year. The first time she said it, I started looking at my arms to see where I was cut.
Your Location is blank. Where ya from, Rysto?
“You’re bleeding” was used on every ship I was on (U.S. Navy). Poker, spades, gin… didn’t matter.
Of course if I was playing with a sharp, he’d not say anything.
I’ve heard “I’m bleeding” as *table-talk * during euchre to inform your partner that you have a hand that’s dominated by red cards.
For those of you that don’t play euchre; table-talk is a no-no and “I’m bleeding” is hardly subtle.
I’ve heard it used in euchre as a way of telling your partner that they are sucking out your trump, as in “you’re bleeding (me of all my trump cards)”
But I’ve never heard it to mean you are showing your cards.
Ditto. I’ve heard this more playing spades than anything else. And yeah, table talk is a no-no.
She lives in Ottawa, Canada.
Bwuh? That sounds … horrible!
Heh. It does sound like a euphamism for something.
It just means your partner is leading with trump suit, and you have to follow suit if you have it. In trying to get trump cards from your opponents, you sometimes end up getting crappy off-suit from them and high trump cards from your partner, resulting in ‘wasted’ trump cards. Bleeding your partner dry.