Seattle Zack
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DUH, maybe I can understand. But SHLIMAZEL? What the hell is the world coming to?
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Next time someone uses the word "Duh," it could be worth seven points. And there are more new, valuable words, as we found out by talking with the "Scrabble Guy."
Within the Birmingham, Ala. Public Library, you'll find him pouring over four different dictionaries looking for new words to add to the latest edition of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.
Jim Pate, who is part of the effort, says he expects to find 8,000-10,000 words to add to the new edition.
Jim loves his game.
"I'm driving down the road and I see a sign that reads 'used cars'. It immediately pops into my head that that makes the word 'crusades'.
I told Jim that I had played Scrabble over the weekend, and that I was lucky enough to just get the word "cars."
"Oh yeah," he responded. "And out of that you get 'scar' and 'arcs'. Your mind just works like that."
Well, perhaps his mind works like that. Back to the other news words:
S-e-d-u-c-i-b-l-e. That's defined as one that's capable of being seduced.
Another new word: "duh"
"A lot of people would say 'Well, that's slang and why would it make it into a dictionary', but it's probably been used in a number of print sources," he says.
And just when you thought it was safe to attend the next spelling bee.
"On (the show) Laverne and Shirley, their little song that they started the show with 'Shlimazel.' It's gonna make it," he says with a laugh.
The new and updated Scrabble word list will be out early next year. In the meantime, Jim says the key to the game is to know every possible word and to just have fun.
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Next time someone uses the word "Duh," it could be worth seven points. And there are more new, valuable words, as we found out by talking with the "Scrabble Guy."
Within the Birmingham, Ala. Public Library, you'll find him pouring over four different dictionaries looking for new words to add to the latest edition of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.
Jim Pate, who is part of the effort, says he expects to find 8,000-10,000 words to add to the new edition.
Jim loves his game.
"I'm driving down the road and I see a sign that reads 'used cars'. It immediately pops into my head that that makes the word 'crusades'.
I told Jim that I had played Scrabble over the weekend, and that I was lucky enough to just get the word "cars."
"Oh yeah," he responded. "And out of that you get 'scar' and 'arcs'. Your mind just works like that."
Well, perhaps his mind works like that. Back to the other news words:
S-e-d-u-c-i-b-l-e. That's defined as one that's capable of being seduced.
Another new word: "duh"
"A lot of people would say 'Well, that's slang and why would it make it into a dictionary', but it's probably been used in a number of print sources," he says.
And just when you thought it was safe to attend the next spelling bee.
"On (the show) Laverne and Shirley, their little song that they started the show with 'Shlimazel.' It's gonna make it," he says with a laugh.
The new and updated Scrabble word list will be out early next year. In the meantime, Jim says the key to the game is to know every possible word and to just have fun.
I wouldn't think SHLIMAZEL would be acceptable. It isn't English. I know there are words that have been entered into the English language from others but I don't think this one has yet. If "Laverne and Shirley" were still a current show, maybe, but they are not.
