...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.
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Ham
And more importantly, now you can spell it properly!
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Belle
Is y'all in there? I really hate seeing that one spelled incorrectly!
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shazdancer
...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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oldiesman
This is called a Moony
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Galen
What about:
"WhichaDidcha"?
For example:
"Durn truck got stuck in the mud again, you didn't bring your tow-chain WhichaDidcha?"
:-)
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outandabout
They didn't include definition #2:
Wherein underware wedges itself between the wearer's buttocks.
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Belle
O&A, that's called a thong, whether it started that way or not, isn't it?
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johniam
So that Russian guy on Star Trek would go to Blimpie's and order a 'wedgie' sub.
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