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Guzumi
    Keywords: Shape, Go term

A good empty triangle.


Charles Matthews I think this may be a more general term, implying a bad-looking shape that is good in context.

John Fairbairn Charles is right that it's a general term. The rest of his definition also fits go praxis well, but I wonder if there is a subtle nuance of hesitation missing. I have tried, probably unsuccessfully, to cover this with my own rendering as "deliberate bad shape" (not necessarily good but certainly deliberate). I've never got round to looking this up in an etymological dictionary. It's not part of the general language, but I've assumed it comes from the adverb/adjective guzu-guzu. This has a range of meanings, but the most important are probably (1) of doing something sluggishly or hesitatingly and (2) fretting or complaining. The latter meaning is turned into a verb as guzuru. -mu is another way of creating verbs. I therefore am disposed to think that the idea behind guzumu is of doing something reluctantly (while complaining, of course!) only because you have to - because it is the best thing under the circumstances. I.e. good in context as Charles says, but not good per se.

Hu: May I explicitly suggest "reluctant shape", which was only implied above? I am only going by what John Fairbairn says above, but I suggest this as less cumbersome than "deliberate bad shape". It seems less stringent than "forced shape" and more understandable than "grudging shape" or "begrudging shape". I get a sense that the meaning is like "making the best of a bad job".

Jan: I translated my first definition from a [ext] page in French found via Google. It says it means absurd group and then goes on to say it's an good empty triangle (if my French still serves me correctly), but it makes sense that there's a more general meaning. By all means update this page after we've settled on a good word!



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