Eek! It's a word! Run!
I am glad to be reminded at times that stupid shit happens everywhere, not just in Massachusetts.
A bit of free advice here - do with it what you will: If you are easily offended by WORDS, do not attend a Scrabble tournament. They have been known to play an integral role at such events.
NEW ORLEANS -- It wasn't a four-letter word, but it was close enough to cause a stir at the National Scrabble Championship Thursday.
In the final round, eventual champion Trey Wright played the word "lez," which was on a list of offensive words not allowed during the tournament.
Normally, no word is off-limits, but because the games were being taped for broadcast on ESPN, certain terms had been deemed inappropriate, including the three-letter slang for lesbian.
"There are words you just can't show on television," Scrabble Association Executive Director John Williams said.
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"He violated the rules. But there were also people who were upset that the word was played," Williams said.
A bit of free advice here - do with it what you will: If you are easily offended by WORDS, do not attend a Scrabble tournament. They have been known to play an integral role at such events.
