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Anon hates new slang (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I've been watching a lot of Scrabble videos on YouTube. I don't know why as I've never played the game ... however, there's a phenomenon where the best players in the world are challenging really obvious words because of the quirks of the language.

In the video below you can see an example of where someone challenged "bus" because "bu" isn't one of the many two-letter words they've memorized and so pluralizing it is also invalid.

https://youtu.be/6CU4NqrSicc

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

This could be adapted into a strategy. Use some words that look like they follow some other pattern, deliberately pronounce them and volunteer a definition as if they do to prompt a challenge, basically gaslighting your opponent into losing confidence in challenging to allow you to start making up words later on. You'd basically convert Scrabble into poker lol.