Comments on: Official "SCRABBLE Word of the Day": Dildo http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-420097 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-420097 Fuckwit is a great word. And a slick way to trash-spell your opponent. Fuckwit is a great word. And a slick way to trash-spell your opponent.

]]> By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-419330 Beanolini Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-419330 Two things spring to mind; The <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gBXPUSXGWs" rel="nofollow">Countdown 'wankers' episode</a>, and an elderly relative asking about a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dado_rail" rel="nofollow">Dildo rail</a> at a DIY shop. Two things spring to mind;

The Countdown ‘wankers’ episode, and an elderly relative asking about a Dildo rail at a DIY shop.

]]> By: Mr_Voodoo http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-419076 Mr_Voodoo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-419076 "More ways to play on words" indeed. That's a word that can be played on. “More ways to play on words” indeed. That’s a word that can be played on.

]]> By: redmcgee http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-419081 redmcgee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-419081 Funny, Grandma always told me that word didn't count... Funny, Grandma always told me that word didn’t count…

]]> By: Adam Fields http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-419083 Adam Fields Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-419083 My guess is that this is some sort of Oscars reference. My guess is that this is some sort of Oscars reference.

]]> By: Tenn http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-419099 Tenn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-419099 And I couldn't use 'vagina' today because I was playing with my twelve year old brother and my mother would have said something about it. Sigh. And I couldn’t use ‘vagina’ today because I was playing with my twelve year old brother and my mother would have said something about it. Sigh.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-419107 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-419107 http://xkcd.com/492/ http://xkcd.com/492/

]]> By: Trent Hawkins http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-419366 Trent Hawkins Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-419366 Murder Face aproves Murder Face aproves

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-419140 semiotix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-419140 I swear by all I hold dear that the following story is true. At the 2003 Wisconsin Dells tournament, late in the game and trailing my opponent by almost a hundred points, I had DDEILOS on my rack. I saw DILDOES immediately because in a recent friendly game I'd had a similar rack, but with a blank, and spent ten minutes trying to decide if ODDLIEST* was a word. The only place to play it on the board was an S-hook with GOOSE. It scored 69 points, and my opponent momentarily forgot that GOOSE can be a verb, so GOOSES isn't just an incorrect plural. Between the points and her lost turn, I came from behind to win the game. It won the Best Play in my division for the tournament. I thought it was because "DILDOES/GOOSES for 69" tells a story, but it turns out the judges just wanted to see the tournament director have to say "DILDOES" in front of the sweet little old ladies that populate Scrabble tournaments. I swear by all I hold dear that the following story is true.

At the 2003 Wisconsin Dells tournament, late in the game and trailing my opponent by almost a hundred points, I had DDEILOS on my rack. I saw DILDOES immediately because in a recent friendly game I’d had a similar rack, but with a blank, and spent ten minutes trying to decide if ODDLIEST* was a word.

The only place to play it on the board was an S-hook with GOOSE. It scored 69 points, and my opponent momentarily forgot that GOOSE can be a verb, so GOOSES isn’t just an incorrect plural. Between the points and her lost turn, I came from behind to win the game.

It won the Best Play in my division for the tournament. I thought it was because “DILDOES/GOOSES for 69″ tells a story, but it turns out the judges just wanted to see the tournament director have to say “DILDOES” in front of the sweet little old ladies that populate Scrabble tournaments.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-419149 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-419149 heh hah! heh hah!

]]> By: kentbrew http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-419923 kentbrew Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-419923 Perhaps someone's been messing about with Firebug? http://www.flickr.com/photos/kentbrew/3304202467/ Perhaps someone’s been messing about with Firebug?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kentbrew/3304202467/

]]> By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-419686 Beanolini Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-419686 #33, John Mark Ockerbloom: <blockquote> Most tournaments use the full unexpurgated word set </blockquote> I've just written a script to search the tournament dictionaries, so I can present all occurences of 'fuck' from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tournament_Word_List" rel="nofollow">US/Canada tournament list</a>: : fuck : fucked : fucker : fuckers : fucking : fuckoff : fuckoffs : fucks : fuckup : fuckups : motherfucker : motherfuckers : motherfucking And the gratifyingly larger list from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOWPODS" rel="nofollow">rest of the world's list</a>: : fuck : fucked : fucker : fuckers : fucking : fuckings : fuckoff : fuckoffs : fucks : fuckup : fuckups : fuckwit : fuckwits : headfuck : headfucks : mindfuck : mindfucks : motherfucker : motherfuckers : motherfucking : starfucker : starfuckers : starfucking : starfuckings #33, John Mark Ockerbloom:

Most tournaments use the full unexpurgated word set

I’ve just written a script to search the tournament dictionaries, so I can present all occurences of ‘fuck’ from the US/Canada tournament list:

: fuck
: fucked
: fucker
: fuckers
: fucking
: fuckoff
: fuckoffs
: fucks
: fuckup
: fuckups
: motherfucker
: motherfuckers
: motherfucking

And the gratifyingly larger list from the rest of the world’s list:

: fuck
: fucked
: fucker
: fuckers
: fucking
: fuckings
: fuckoff
: fuckoffs
: fucks
: fuckup
: fuckups
: fuckwit
: fuckwits
: headfuck
: headfucks
: mindfuck
: mindfucks
: motherfucker
: motherfuckers
: motherfucking
: starfucker
: starfuckers
: starfucking
: starfuckings

]]> By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-419689 Beanolini Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-419689 #33, John Mark Ockerbloom: <blockquote> Most tournaments use the full unexpurgated word set </blockquote> I've just written a script to search the tournament dictionaries, so I can present all occurences of 'fuck' from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tournament_Word_List" rel="nofollow">US/Canada tournament list</a>: : fuck : fucked : fucker : fuckers : fucking : fuckoff : fuckoffs : fucks : fuckup : fuckups : motherfucker : motherfuckers : motherfucking And the gratifyingly larger list from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOWPODS" rel="nofollow">rest of the world's list</a>: : fuck : fucked : fucker : fuckers : fucking : fuckings : fuckoff : fuckoffs : fucks : fuckup : fuckups : fuckwit : fuckwits : headfuck : headfucks : mindfuck : mindfucks : motherfucker : motherfuckers : motherfucking : starfucker : starfuckers : starfucking : starfuckings #33, John Mark Ockerbloom:

Most tournaments use the full unexpurgated word set

I’ve just written a script to search the tournament dictionaries, so I can present all occurences of ‘fuck’ from the US/Canada tournament list:

: fuck
: fucked
: fucker
: fuckers
: fucking
: fuckoff
: fuckoffs
: fucks
: fuckup
: fuckups
: motherfucker
: motherfuckers
: motherfucking

And the gratifyingly larger list from the rest of the world’s list:

: fuck
: fucked
: fucker
: fuckers
: fucking
: fuckings
: fuckoff
: fuckoffs
: fucks
: fuckup
: fuckups
: fuckwit
: fuckwits
: headfuck
: headfucks
: mindfuck
: mindfucks
: motherfucker
: motherfuckers
: motherfucking
: starfucker
: starfuckers
: starfucking
: starfuckings

]]> By: Sean Blueart http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-420205 Sean Blueart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-420205 A snickering junior-high school "pee pee" joke does not one shred of liberty make. A snickering junior-high school “pee pee” joke does not one shred of liberty make.

]]> By: elmow http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-419701 elmow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-419701 Here is a <a href="http://i41.tinypic.com/hs6mj8.jpg" target="_blank">screenshot of the full webpage</a>, lest anyone think the small one was Photoshopped. Here is a screenshot of the full webpage, lest anyone think the small one was Photoshopped.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-420224 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-420224 but poo-poo does. but poo-poo does.

]]> By: Manooshi http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-419208 Manooshi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-419208 @Semiotix #28: Good story. I have bittersweet feelings toward Scrabble. Not too long ago a friend bought me the game, only to immediately 'borrow' it. C'est le vie. Good thing they're on the cheap. @Semiotix #28: Good story.

I have bittersweet feelings toward Scrabble. Not too long ago a friend bought me the game, only to immediately ‘borrow’ it. C’est le vie. Good thing they’re on the cheap.

]]> By: A New Challenger http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-418964 A New Challenger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-418964 Hah! This is how most of my games of Scrabble turn out anyway. Hah!

This is how most of my games of Scrabble turn out anyway.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-418973 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-418973 Newfoundland? Newfoundland?

]]> By: A New Challenger http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-418975 A New Challenger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-418975 That was my second thought, Takuan, but proper names aren't allowed in Scrabble. That was my second thought, Takuan, but proper names aren’t allowed in Scrabble.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-418980 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-418980 t'aint no proper names on the Rock, bye! t’aint no proper names on the Rock, bye!

]]> By: Thorzdad http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-419492 Thorzdad Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-419492 You can bet some interns are going to be very, very busy this week, removing every potentially embarrassing word from the database. You can bet some interns are going to be very, very busy this week, removing every potentially embarrassing word from the database.

]]> By: SC_Wolf http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-418981 SC_Wolf Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-418981 Hax! Hax!

]]> By: Roger Stanton http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-418991 Roger Stanton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-418991 Grade school kids all over the country must be giggling uncontrollably over this. Grade school kids all over the country must be giggling uncontrollably over this.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-419247 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-419247 #28: "Between the points and her lost turn, I came from behind to win the game." I lol'd. BONUS: One of my captcha "words" is "69". I'm not kidding. This is just getting weird. #28: “Between the points and her lost turn, I came from behind to win the game.”

I lol’d.

BONUS: One of my captcha “words” is “69″. I’m not kidding. This is just getting weird.

]]> By: urederra http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-418992 urederra Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-418992 @#2... not all newfoundland, just one city. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador (I am picky because you post it first) @#2… not all newfoundland, just one city.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador

(I am picky because you post it first)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-418993 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-418993 In the Hasbro URL, it reads "adult-games"...guess they really mean that. In the Hasbro URL, it reads “adult-games”…guess they really mean that.

]]> By: butfirst http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-418994 butfirst Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-418994 Aww, look at that happy little word, all cute wooden tiles at jaunty angles! Even if the SexIsEvilâ„¢ and OMGThinkOfTheChildrenâ„¢ Brigades come down on Hasbro like a ton of brimstone bricks and get it removed, I'm glad that some people would have learnt a new word in a frank, factual way without judgement. Triple-letter score! Aww, look at that happy little word, all cute wooden tiles at jaunty angles!

Even if the SexIsEvilâ„¢ and OMGThinkOfTheChildrenâ„¢ Brigades come down on Hasbro like a ton of brimstone bricks and get it removed, I’m glad that some people would have learnt a new word in a frank, factual way without judgement. Triple-letter score!

]]> By: Sean Blueart http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-420275 Sean Blueart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-420275 Point taken. Point taken.

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://boingboing.net/2009/02/22/official-scrabble-wo.html#comment-420278 Johnny Cat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-420278 Yes, Kentbrew. I knew there was trickery afoot. Firebug, eh? What will they think of next? Yes, Kentbrew. I knew there was trickery afoot. Firebug, eh? What will they think of next?

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