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      karinja @jrp32 last edited by

      @jrp32 thank you. Who does affect the dictionary?

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        A Former User @karinja last edited by A Former User

        @karinja It doesn't seem to have made its way into any of the major dictionaries yet. Probably not widely used enough to be considered for inclusion. Cool word though. Would describe a few on Lex nicely. 'Egoist' is valid, thankfully.

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          jrp32 @karinja last edited by

          @karinja said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

          @jrp32 thank you. Who does affect the dictionary?

          I really don't know. (Sorry)
          Maybe someone else does.......

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            karinja @jrp32 last edited by

            @jrp32 thanks for answering

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              roymccoy @Zshouldbe8 last edited by

              @zshouldbe8

              I was playing the other night and it wouldn't take DOXED. I suppose this will be added at some point.

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                clancy1 last edited by

                I was just playing against the computer and the computer used the word 'cunt'. I am embarrassed to even write this word as it is extremely offensive, and classed as obscene language. Could you please remove it from Lexulous permitted usage? Thanks Jenny

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                  A Former User @clancy1 last edited by

                  @clancy1 Hey Jenny
                  It seems like you may have taken it personally.
                  Naughty smart robots.

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                    Zshouldbe8 @clancy1 last edited by

                    @clancy1 Hi Jenny - I don't make removal decisions; I just play Lexulous. Like others, I have, at times, found the word 'cunt' convenient, if embarrassing, to play.
                    It is defined as a word in dictionaries across the internet, has existed as a word since the 14th century, and certainly sets no precedent for acceptable vulgarity with Lexulous.
                    Just because you wouldn't say a word doesn't mean you can't play a word.

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                      Zshouldbe8 @roymccoy last edited by

                      @roymccoy: What dictionary are you using? DOX, DOXED, DOXES, and DOXING are all acceptable in the UK dictionary (as is DOXY, but that is a noun with a completely different meaning).

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                        jrp32 @clancy1 last edited by

                        @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.

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                          roymccoy @Zshouldbe8 last edited by

                          @zshouldbe8
                          Thanks. Dictionary is now saying that DOXED is valid, so maybe it wasn't DOXED that wasn't accepted before but an unnoticed intersecting non-word. I vaguely recall there was a second time that DOXED didn't work either, but maybe I vaguely recall wrong.

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                            roymccoy last edited by

                            I think dirty, vulgar words are fun.

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                              A Former User @jrp32 last edited by

                              @jrp32 Definitely not worth arguing with your logic.

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                                Marc Krizack @lexulous last edited by

                                @lexulous paydirt

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                                  Mistertoad @Marc Krizack last edited by

                                  @marc-krizack

                                  I support 'marc-krizack' in his request for 'paydirt' to be included. We discussed the issues in the post labelled 'Good words not accepted'.

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                                    A Former User last edited by A Former User

                                    It might sound like a single word in conversation, but it's clearly two separate words: 'pay dirt'. This is why no major dictionary includes it. It shouldn't be added.

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                                      Zshouldbe8 @Guest last edited by Zshouldbe8

                                      @dan is basically correct. Only one major dictionary, the Merriam-Webster Online, mentions paydirt as one word, and it is given as an alternate version to the entry pay dirt.

                                      Also, paydirt as a single word is not in the US or the UK Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary (not that they have any bearing on Lexulous...).🙄

                                      Sorry; that seems to be one good Bingo lost.

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                                        Mistertoad @Guest last edited by

                                        @dan
                                        Certainly 'pay dirt' should not be added. The consensus so far is that Merriam-Webster is a major dictionary and, as such, I think we should certainly consider 'paydirt' as a possible addition to the Lexulous dictionary.

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                                          roymccoy last edited by

                                          I'm confused by the continuation of this thread and seek a definitive clarification. Is it not true that Lexulous uses two Scrabble dictionaries, over the content of which Lexulous has no influence? This may already have been established and I think it has, but in that case the continuing discussion of which words are to be included or not doesn't make any practical sense. Thank you.

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                                            roymccoy @Guest last edited by

                                            @dan said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                                            It might sound like a single word in conversation, but it's clearly two separate words: 'pay dirt'. This is why no major dictionary includes it. It shouldn't be added.

                                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVtZkyBTabQ

                                            It's not just in conversation, and it isn't at all clear that pay dirt absolutely has to be two separate words. Dictionaries are not infallible, and they aren't in this case if they don't list both forms. Google indicates (though unfortunately it doesn't "show" or "give" – God bless the marvelous censors of our current totalitarian technocracy) 1,010,000 finds for "paydirt", which quite establishes it as a legitimate form in common literary use. I don't recall ever even having seen "pay dirt" as two separate words, though I now find it in files on my computer disk in a number comparable to that of "paydirt".

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