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Scrabble bans 236 bigoted words, slurs from official list
New York Post ^
| July 2020
| Natalie O'Neill
Posted on 07/09/2020 2:17:03 PM PDT by Ennis85
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To: Ennis85
Real players agree on a dictionary, either the Scrabble dictionary, or whatever is at hand. Serious players would probably want to use a serious dictionary other than the unabridged OED, which has too many words. A Merriam-Webster Unabridged 2nd Edition would be perfect, though a Random House or Funk & Wagnell's would do in a pinch.
Very new dictionaries would be problematic, for the inclusion of web and tech jargon as real words.
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posted on
07/09/2020 2:27:02 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: rfp1234
Ginger is an insult used against Whites with red hair so it is OK.
To: Ennis85
They already removed a few prior to this. The new mobile app is lousy anyway.
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posted on
07/09/2020 2:29:18 PM PDT
by
Fedora
To: Ennis85
I think they should just do away with the game. Every word could be offensive to someone.
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posted on
07/09/2020 2:29:30 PM PDT
by
teacherwoes
(A new cold war has started and free people everywhere need to say, "I am a Hong Konger.")
To: deoetdoctrinae
I used to get pretty good points with conservative
Pretty hard to do since you only have seven tiles to place. You might be able to add on to "cons" if one of the other letters was already their in the perpendicular direction, but that would be EXTREMELY unlikely.
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posted on
07/09/2020 2:29:41 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: Ennis85
Have they notified Webster Dictionary? Theyre next!
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posted on
07/09/2020 2:30:26 PM PDT
by
immadashell
(Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
To: Ennis85
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posted on
07/09/2020 2:31:19 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Ennis85
Did “soupcoolers” make the list? Or is that really two words?
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posted on
07/09/2020 2:33:03 PM PDT
by
4yearlurker
(Freedom.....where is she?)
To: rfp1234
Niggardly only means Cheap, or Stingy.
To: Ennis85
Let the Scrabble people enforce their new rules.
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posted on
07/09/2020 2:33:58 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(TANSTAAFL!)
To: Arcadian Empire
I used to be a ginger. Now I only have my ginger hair on the back and sides.
To: Ennis85
Amazing how much has been “accomplished” by making assumptions about Minneapolis police protocol.
To: Ennis85
So, the words no longer exist?
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posted on
07/09/2020 2:37:19 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
(When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
To: Ennis85
Gee, and I didnt know slurs were allowed under the pre-woke rules.
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posted on
07/09/2020 2:37:46 PM PDT
by
ripnbang
("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
To: Old Yeller
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posted on
07/09/2020 2:37:53 PM PDT
by
aMorePerfectUnion
(I'd rather be anecdotally alive than scientifically dead...)
To: EvilCapitalist
They say that red hair originated with Neanderthals.
If so, that would be a good thing.
They were superhuman in many ways, and wooed European women.
To: Ennis85
that’s gonna put a chink in my scrabble armor...
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posted on
07/09/2020 2:39:28 PM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world)
To: Old Yeller
Scrabble be rasis,cuz “whitey” be worth 15 points, an “ni##er” only be worth 8.
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posted on
07/09/2020 2:39:35 PM PDT
by
Ed Condon
(subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
To: All
Well, that’s just dumb. They may be verboten by the the neo-society, but they are still real words.
Oh well, I haven’t played Scrabble for years, and we always used the OED as the arbiter, and likely would again, if I ever do play again..
To: Ennis85
they have eliminated the n’s so there can be no more n words.
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posted on
07/09/2020 2:41:06 PM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world)
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