patzern.

Brit.

/ˈpatsə/, U.S.

/ˈpætsər/

Forms: 1900s– patzer, 1900s– potzer.

Origin: Perhaps a borrowing from German. Etymon: German Patzer.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < German (colloquial) Patzer inveterate bungler (19th cent.) < patzen to bungle (19th cent.; probably < German regional (Austria) Patzen blot, of uncertain origin) + -er -er suffix¹.

Chess slang.

A poor player, a novice.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > player > poor or frivolous player

skittler1868

patzer1948

weakie1962

1948 Chess Rev. Apr. 5/2 Immediately, spectators inquired, ‘Didn't you see that win?’ ‘Yes,’ was the impudent reply. ‘But, with such a potzer, I draw when I will, not when he wills.’

1962 Chess 12 Mar. 190/1 When I meet these Russian potzers I'll put them in their place.

1972 Daily Tel. 28 July 15/4 So Fischer after beating off a ferocious attack..‘played like a patzer’, said one American Grandmaster, ‘went to sleep on the job’, said another.

2002 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 18 Nov. 23 Lautier also plays Shogi, but admits he is a ‘patzer’. Shogi is played on a 9 x 9 board and is the Japanese version of chess.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	patzer
释义	patzern. Brit. /ˈpatsə/, U.S. /ˈpætsər/ Forms: 1900s– patzer, 1900s– potzer. Origin: Perhaps a borrowing from German. Etymon: German Patzer. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < German (colloquial) Patzer inveterate bungler (19th cent.) < patzen to bungle (19th cent.; probably < German regional (Austria) Patzen blot, of uncertain origin) + -er -er suffix¹. Chess slang. A poor player, a novice. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > player > poor or frivolous player skittler1868 patzer1948 weakie1962 1948 Chess Rev. Apr. 5/2 Immediately, spectators inquired, ‘Didn't you see that win?’ ‘Yes,’ was the impudent reply. ‘But, with such a potzer, I draw when I will, not when he wills.’ 1962 Chess 12 Mar. 190/1 When I meet these Russian potzers I'll put them in their place. 1972 Daily Tel. 28 July 15/4 So Fischer after beating off a ferocious attack..‘played like a patzer’, said one American Grandmaster, ‘went to sleep on the job’, said another. 2002 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 18 Nov. 23 Lautier also plays Shogi, but admits he is a ‘patzer’. Shogi is played on a 9 x 9 board and is the Japanese version of chess. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1948
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