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      betterlate1 @b birney last edited by

      @b-birney you cant remove thousands of years of it being a derogatory word and used in a derogatory manner ...even if remove it from the dictionary

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        lolamoth @zoso thezephead last edited by lolamoth

        @zoso-thezephead That's true. When the word is lowercased, it can have a derogatory meaning: to "jew" someone is to be extremely selfish in a financial transaction, tapping into the racist trope that Jews are, as a race, venal and primarily concerned with making money, perhaps taking advantage.

        I note that "fag" is not allowed here, even though it can mean "cigarette." So, I see inconsistency in allowing one pejorative term (lowercase "jew") but not another (fag > homosexual).

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          John S @lexulous last edited by

          @lexulous Please consider the nice valid word DZO

          (Dzo - Wikipedia)

          "A dzo (Tibetan མཛོ་ mdzo) (also spelled zo, zho and dzho) is a hybrid between the yak and domestic cattle."

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            MapmakerE @Roslyn Irvine last edited by

            @roslyn-irvine Vax, Pix, and TIx all work in the UK dictionary here.

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              A Former User @Roslyn Irvine last edited by

              @roslyn-irvine Hi, depends which version of the dictionary you are using and which version of the game as to what is good or not

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                Mistertoad @lolamoth last edited by

                @lolamoth
                As a 'goy' (perjoritive?!) myself, I found this excellent article from a site described as "Jewish. Fearless. Since 1897", thus:
                https://forward.com/life/380684/goyim-origin-goy-usage/

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                  zaph @lolamoth last edited by

                  @lolamoth Actually, "fag" is valid, in the US dictionary at least.

                  I have spoken to some Jewish people on here about the 'jew' issue, and most of them said if they have the letters they will play 'jew'.

                  What is more amazing to me is that the N-word is in the US dictionary!

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                    A Former User @zoso thezephead last edited by

                    @zoso-thezephead Where to start, and where will it end.
                    I think more likely that the word in the current climate would be removed because it is offensive to most of the world who has predominantly sided with Palestine.

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                      jrp32 last edited by

                      maybe people should look up the definition of "OFAY" which is also valid.

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                        roymccoy @zoso thezephead last edited by

                        @zoso-thezephead

                        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!

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                          A Former User @roymccoy last edited by

                          @roymccoy you do not have to use any of those words it is a choice you make. You also do not have to play those with a vocabulary that is that limited

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                            A Former User @roymccoy last edited by

                            @roymccoy I think you are missing the spirit of the game.
                            It has never been about word quality, judgement or semantics.
                            it is based purely on word lists, we have words in our language/s that are not nice ones, but they are there. Excluding and censoring then MAKES the game about more than words, and that has never been the game I want to play.
                            I play with no intent or malice or subtext. I play for fun.
                            Words will never hurt me.

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                              roymccoy @Guest last edited by

                              @betterlate1-0
                              My sarcasm was apparently too subtle for you. To my knowledge Lexulous doesn't make or maintain the dictionaries it uses, and I'm surprised not to have seen that mentioned. Or, actually, I'm not surprised, since I didn't read the other replies.

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                                roymccoy @Guest last edited by

                                @sparks
                                You missed my sarcasm too. Sorry.

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                                  A Former User @roymccoy last edited by

                                  @roymccoy hi, yeah I kinda wondered, im the one that should be sorry. you just never know in this place 🙂

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                                    A Former User @roymccoy last edited by

                                    @roymccoy reminds me of someone tells a joke and no one laughs. I find jew very offensive a long with other words, but sometimes I use it. There is no law that says I have to play any that uses offensive words. Do not think for me and do not expect anyone to rewrite the dictionary for anyone else just all should be selective in who they play. There are people i will not play because they think certain 4 letter words are just fine. To me
                                    using some of these words show ignorance, lack of respect and a lack of vocab why play them? As for
                                    someone else here, goy is not an insult, just means not Jewish. jew is intended to be an insult

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                                      roymccoy @Guest last edited by

                                      @betternever1-0
                                      The dictionaries are the dictionaries. I eschew linguistic or sociological discussions here, and I play to get the higher score and win rather than to be morally praiseworthy or politically correct.

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                                        A Former User @sanctuarie last edited by

                                        @sanctuarie You are Jewish and a Jew .if you are a cheapskate and want to demean yourself or others you say jew

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                                          Mistertoad last edited by

                                          I know this is a serious thread but I had to laugh over something the owners of our beautiful game said on the subject recently.

                                          It seems that more than 200 dictionary words have been removed from the Scrabble lexicon in the past year or so by Scrabble's board game owners, Mattel. A spokesman said:

                                          "I’ve heard the argument that these are just words, but we believe they have meaning."

                                          Er, yes. Quite so!

                                          [https://7news.com.au/entertainment/games/scrabble-bans-long-list-of-words-players-are-no-longer-allowed-to-use--c-2593627](link url)

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                                            A Former User @roymccoy last edited by

                                            @roymccoy gees how many names do you have?

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