8 May
2020
8 May
'20
4:15 a.m.
"Trimmed" is a term meaning "scammed" back in the 1920's usually
by a
confidence man. The goal of a confidence game was typically to "trim a
mark" for example.
In this context the author was probably saying that not only did they
get beaten, they got beaten bad in what appeared to be a "rigged game".
I highly recommend the book "The Big Con" by David Maurer. Written in
the mid to late 1930's it's a fascinating and informative look into the
language, argot, and methods of the classic confidence man. A skill that
seems to be coming back into vogue these days....
C
On 5/8/2020 4:11 AM, Ali via cctalk wrote:
Consider the
possibility that the writer took "did not lose 5 times in
a
row", and wrote that as "WON 5 times in a row".
Not following Fred. The writer wrote: "We got trimmed in five straight
games, and the vice-president in charge of marketing seemed very much
pleased." The slang is a bit before my time but I read this as the human
player lost five times in a row to the computer. Am I reading it wrong or am
I missing something?
-Ali