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Scrabble has turned "Woke"

  • Offline The Drifter
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07-02-2022, 11:43 AM

Scrabble's war of words spells trouble: Competitive players are 'seething' with tournaments hit by 'bitter spats and high profile resignations' after bosses banned 400 'offensive' words in bid to be more 'inclusive'

  • Racial slurs and insults against the elderly and homophobic have been removed
  • But other less-recognised words have also been banned, leaving players baffled
  • Players say 'it's hard to find anyone in the Scrabble community in favour of ban'


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...vT9u8bWLUk
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07-05-2022, 04:41 PM

(07-02-2022, 11:43 AM)The Drifter Wrote: Scrabble's war of words spells trouble: Competitive players are 'seething' with tournaments hit by 'bitter spats and high profile resignations' after bosses banned 400 'offensive' words in bid to be more 'inclusive'

  • Racial slurs and insults against the elderly and homophobic have been removed
  • But other less-recognised words have also been banned, leaving players baffled
  • Players say 'it's hard to find anyone in the Scrabble community in favour of ban'


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...vT9u8bWLUk

Per the article:

"Racial slurs including the 'n-word', insults against the elderly and homophobic terms were removed from Scrabble's official online words list following worldwide anti-racism protests in the wake of the death of American George Floyd."

I guess they banned 'crackhead' and ''repeat offender' as well. Oh wait, that's two words....
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07-05-2022, 04:54 PM

(07-05-2022, 04:41 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote:
(07-02-2022, 11:43 AM)The Drifter Wrote: Scrabble's war of words spells trouble: Competitive players are 'seething' with tournaments hit by 'bitter spats and high profile resignations' after bosses banned 400 'offensive' words in bid to be more 'inclusive'

  • Racial slurs and insults against the elderly and homophobic have been removed
  • But other less-recognised words have also been banned, leaving players baffled
  • Players say 'it's hard to find anyone in the Scrabble community in favour of ban'


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...vT9u8bWLUk

Per the article:

"Racial slurs including the 'n-word', insults against the elderly and homophobic terms were removed from Scrabble's official online words list following worldwide anti-racism protests in the wake of the death of American George Floyd."

I guess they banned 'crackhead' and ''repeat offender' as well.  Oh wait, that's two words....

"Armed Robber", Domestic Abuser", and "Attempted Murderer" clearly have to go then.
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07-05-2022, 05:57 PM

(07-05-2022, 04:54 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:
(07-05-2022, 04:41 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote: Per the article:

"Racial slurs including the 'n-word', insults against the elderly and homophobic terms were removed from Scrabble's official online words list following worldwide anti-racism protests in the wake of the death of American George Floyd."

I guess they banned 'crackhead' and ''repeat offender' as well.  Oh wait, that's two words....

"Armed Robber", Domestic Abuser", and "Attempted Murderer" clearly have to go then.

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07-05-2022, 08:49 PM

(07-05-2022, 05:57 PM)Dockerill91 Wrote:
(07-05-2022, 04:54 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: "Armed Robber", Domestic Abuser", and "Attempted Murderer" clearly have to go then.

..land of the free…home of the brave…??

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