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bongcloud

noun

Etymology

From bong + cloud (of marijuana smoke from the bong); exact origin for name uncertain, though perhaps the handle of an online chess player who frequently used this opening technique.

  1. derived from *gel-✻ — “to ball up, clench”
  2. inherited from *klūtaz✻
  3. inherited from *klūt✻
  4. inherited from clūd — “mass of stone, rock, boulder, hill”
  5. inherited from cloud
  6. compounded as bongcloud — “bong + cloud”

Definitions

  1. A chess opening in which white's king is advanced to the second rank on the second move,…

    A chess opening in which white's king is advanced to the second rank on the second move, for example, 1.e4 e5 2.Ke2, thus preventing white from being able to castle and allowing black to develop with tempo.

  2. To play such an opening.

  3. To advance one's king to the second rank without first castling.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA