True story. I was being a slug – playing my game of Scrabble before retiring for the evening. This auto-play-the-computer game can be addicting. I justify my participation as a means to keep tabs on my command of the language. However, it is a game which unjustly judges words.
The computer chose the ever-popular word, “Geepound,” resulting in the coveted triple word score. Geepound? I had to look it up. However, it only gives the definition as, “another name for slug.” Which kind of slug? Me? The mollusk? The blank coin? With that in mind, I decided to make “noob.” My son helped me with the spelling and definition of “noob” when the crossword puzzle presented me with that clue. It is verified on dictionary.com. Additionally, it’s advisable to use a new word soon after learning it so as to imprint it on the brain.
The computer denied my word choice! Even more debilitating, I had five “o” letters to get off the rack. Ooh…….this fickle computer has ruffled my feathers.