Recommend addition/removal of words
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the word overo is not accepted. It is a colour of horse. Google it and you will see a long discussion on wikipedia. Thanks
@marymwalker the word overo is a word not sure if proper noun or not but if not in the dictionary used by the site..not usable. Can you imagine how many more words would be added if every proper noun that some use is termed acceptable? Slang? etc etc. They would spend their lives adding words that might or might not be words.
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@marymwalker the word overo is a word not sure if proper noun or not but if not in the dictionary used by the site..not usable. Can you imagine how many more words would be added if every proper noun that some use is termed acceptable? Slang? etc etc. They would spend their lives adding words that might or might not be words.
It is not a proper noun. It is no more foreign than pinto. There are many words that relate to professions, sports etc that appear esoteric but that does not negate their validity in the dictionary.
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You may use this topic for recommending words to be added/removed from the Lexulous Word Lists.
@lexulous
I would like to see the "word" WOMANS removed. The plural of WOMAN is WOMEN or so I believe.
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the word overo is not accepted. It is a colour of horse. Google it and you will see a long discussion on wikipedia. Thanks
@marymwalker It's a lovely word and seems pretty widely used in horsing circles along with a few similar Spanish ones such as tobiano and sabino. I think that's the problem. The words are too on the Spanish side, and their usage is too niche to have entered the regular English language dictionaries.
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@clancy1, i do not use words like "CUNT", if i am winning. If I am behind and that is the best point-getter, yes, I will use it.
@jrp32 i have never used that or a couple others. Win or lose I wont use those words..but that is me. Just saw this post why not just learn more words?
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Not sure if I've replied to this thread correctly because I couldn't find a reply button so it may come up as a reply to the wrong person but anyway..
Firstly, the suggestion people are making about vulgar or offensive words being removed is completely ridiculous. If it's a word then its a word. Keep your toxic political correctness to yourselves
Also, not sure if anyone else has noticed but the word 'myspace' (the social media website from 00s) is in the Lexulous dictionary! Now, I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that it has no other meanings and so why an obsolete social media website is in the Lexulous dictionary is far beyond me!
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@sakamvari, @agentcarter, why is this even a topic in the list if words cannot be added or removed??
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@sakamvari, @agentcarter, why is this even a topic in the list if words cannot be added or removed??
@mapmakere Good point. It's probably not going to change anything (unless the official dictionary people are following this), but it does promote an interesting discussion nonetheless.
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@roymccoy you would...Shows total lack of consideration, but, .maybe you could ask op if they are offended by your lack of vocabulary and consideration. Happy New Year
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@mapmakere Good point. It's probably not going to change anything (unless the official dictionary people are following this), but it does promote an interesting discussion nonetheless.
@dan
Then it is confusing to see the following offer from Lexulous:"Lexulous (2 May 2020)
You may use this topic for recommending words to be added/removed from the Lexulous Word Lists"I would infer that Lexulous creates its own lists of words to use on this site i.e. that it can choose whatever words it wants.
Please Lexulous, can you clarify this point for us!
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@dan
Then it is confusing to see the following offer from Lexulous:"Lexulous (2 May 2020)
You may use this topic for recommending words to be added/removed from the Lexulous Word Lists"I would infer that Lexulous creates its own lists of words to use on this site i.e. that it can choose whatever words it wants.
Please Lexulous, can you clarify this point for us!
@mistertoad
Or, preferably, correct the cockup. -
Yes, and honky, wop, spic, nigger and wetback, please. Plus I'm sure there are lots of others. I'm all for correctness, and I'm sure there are many words that have to go. Thank you Lexulous for policing the language!
@roymccoy most people police their own
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I have played this word, albeit with some discomfort considering my family tree. Seeing this Topic in the Forum, I decided to look it up in the dictionary. Although it can be used pejoratively, if you look it up in Merriam-Webster you will see four definitions, none pejorative. So, use it in good health, just nonpejoratively!
@b-birney Sorry but, every definition of jew is pejorative. As long as it is not a proper noun, it is intended as an insult
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Not sure if I've replied to this thread correctly because I couldn't find a reply button so it may come up as a reply to the wrong person but anyway..
Firstly, the suggestion people are making about vulgar or offensive words being removed is completely ridiculous. If it's a word then its a word. Keep your toxic political correctness to yourselves
Also, not sure if anyone else has noticed but the word 'myspace' (the social media website from 00s) is in the Lexulous dictionary! Now, I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that it has no other meanings and so why an obsolete social media website is in the Lexulous dictionary is far beyond me!
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Also, not sure if anyone else has noticed but the word 'myspace' (the social media website from 00s) is in the Lexulous dictionary!
How about "ebaying"?
@roymccoy said in Recommend addition/removal of words:
Also, not sure if anyone else has noticed but the word 'myspace' (the social media website from 00s) is in the Lexulous dictionary!
How about "ebaying"?
I came across "ebay" as a valid word on Lex UK. That is a new level of ridiculous if you expect a game with defined, adhered to, rules.
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@roymccoy said in Recommend addition/removal of words:
Also, not sure if anyone else has noticed but the word 'myspace' (the social media website from 00s) is in the Lexulous dictionary!
How about "ebaying"?
I came across "ebay" as a valid word on Lex UK. That is a new level of ridiculous if you expect a game with defined, adhered to, rules.
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You may use this topic for recommending words to be added/removed from the Lexulous Word Lists.
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It appears that this topic is a "hornet's nest". For each person who wants to include a "new" word, someone else wants it excluded and vice versa. There are lots of dictionaries out there, and there are always going to be differences at the margin. I had understood that the way out of this conundrum is to use one standardised dictionary for all games, and I believe that what is known as SOWPODS is the Scrabble standard, although there is a different standard in N. America. Lexulous admin, why don't you cut through this confusion and adopt one or two optional standards (how about SOWPODS and the USA equivalent?) instead of your own version?
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It appears that this topic is a "hornet's nest". For each person who wants to include a "new" word, someone else wants it excluded and vice versa. There are lots of dictionaries out there, and there are always going to be differences at the margin. I had understood that the way out of this conundrum is to use one standardised dictionary for all games, and I believe that what is known as SOWPODS is the Scrabble standard, although there is a different standard in N. America. Lexulous admin, why don't you cut through this confusion and adopt one or two optional standards (how about SOWPODS and the USA equivalent?) instead of your own version?
@jpcoh1 I don't think it's really that difficult. Most people who make valid suggestions for the removal of words usually have a good case put forward for why. The only ones that usually dont make sense are the overly sensitive women that dont like the word 'cunt.' (Or whatever derogatory term they decide to pick on that day.)
Also, I'm pretty sure that Lexulous just synchronises it's dictionary with a third-party dictionary online. I find it very doubtful that they have their own. So to be honest, I'm not sure if it's even possible for them to remove words. They would probably either themselves have to contact the owners of the online dictionary they have synchronised their dictionary with, or synchronise it with a different dictionary. Which would probably explain why it never gets changed, because they simply can't be arsed!
