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Poker Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: billyho10 on September 14, 2008, 00:21:22 AM

Title: BOK??
Post by: billyho10 on September 14, 2008, 00:21:22 AM

i here this all the time when u jinx someone by wishin them luck ro sayin they will win, but what does BOK actually stand for?

Title: Re: BOK??
Post by: technolog on September 14, 2008, 09:29:03 AM

Don"t think it actually stands for anything. It refers to the act of wishing someone good luck in a comp only to find they"re out in very quick order - you bokked them!

Title: Re: BOK??
Post by: CrizzyConnor on September 14, 2008, 13:38:37 PM

Quote from: technolog on September 14, 2008, 09:29:03 AM

Don"t think it actually stands for anything. It refers to the act of wishing someone good luck in a comp only to find they"re out in very quick order - you bokked them!

but why? surely it has to have some meaning?

Title: Re: BOK??
Post by: duke3016 on September 14, 2008, 13:56:49 PM

The True Meaning Of Bok (Blessing; Fortune)

http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Talks/Hwang/Hwang-000109.htm (http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Talks/Hwang/Hwang-000109.htm)

So it would seem to mean the opposite (irony ???)