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The 2005 edition of Webster's New World College Dictionary is scheduled to hit bookstores sometime in May.

This new edition contains 58 new entries for words that have entered mainstream usage since the last edition was printed. One of the new additions is defined as follows:

quote:
Wedgie (noun) A prank in which the victim's undershorts are jerked upward so as to become wedged between the buttocks.

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...and with an S, it would make a nice bingo in Scrabble, hehe.

The tournament Scrabble Official Word List (OWL) is being updated this year. It is a lot like the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (OSPD) that you buy in the stores, but it has a bunch of "naughty" words added. The Hasbro Corporation, which owns the rights to Scrabble® in the US, decided to remove those words from the dictionary of its "family" game, but tournament players argued strongly that words are words, just tools that we use in the game, and we want the right to play them!

So Merriam-Webster puts out a different Scrabble dictionary that is available for purchase by National Scrabble Association members only. The School Scrabble division plays by the expurgated OSPD.

But wait, there's more...

In order to televise Scrabble tournament championships, ESPN has insisted that no dirty words show up on the boards. Since they mostly just show the finals of the top division, those players must sign an agreement to play no naughty words. They are even given a copy of the list of "no-nos" to refer to. Because the majority of players felt that sacrificing a few words was worth the television exposure, we have agreed to the censure.

More than you wanted to know,

Shaz

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