Talk:Official Scrabble Players Dictionary

Offensive words were racial epithets

The words removed from the OSPD for the Third Edition were racial epithets. Words which are used to insult people because of their race or ethnicity do not deserve recognition as proper words. Thus, the criteria use for removing words from the Second Edition are known. r3 17:52, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Did you get that from Word Freak or another reliable source? If so, please add to the article with source (including page number, if available). I think it bears some sourcing, as people have varying criteria for what counts as a racial epithet. schi ^talk 23:14, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Not all of them were racial epithets, although there was a certain obsessiveness about their removal (how many people would read HEBE as a slang word for a Jew, and how many would think it was a plant?). Some words were related to sexual or excretory functions, some were terms used to describe effeminate/homosexual men, and others were somewhat miscellaneous (e.g. COMSYMP, FATSO, and JESUIT got excised). I believe the following to be a complete list of words removed between editions: ABO, ABOS, ARSE, ASSHOLE, ASSHOLES, BADASS, BADASSES, BADASSED, BALLSY, BALLSIER, BALLSIEST, BAZOOMS, BLOWJOB, BLOWJOBS, BOCHE, BOCHES, BOOBIE, BUCKRA, BUCKRAS, BUBBY, BUBBIES, BULLSHIT, BULLSHITS, BULLSHITTED, BULLSHITTING, COLOREDS, COMSYMP, COMSYMPS, CRAPPER, CRAPPERS, CUNT, CUNTS, DAGO, DAGOES, DAGOS, DARKEY, DARKEYS, DARKIE, DARKY, DARKIES, DICKED, DICKING, DIKEY, DYKEY, FAGGOTRY, FAGGOTRIES, FAGGOTY, FAGGY, FART, FARTED, FARTING, FARTS, FATSO, FATSOES, FATSOS, FRIG, FRIGGED, FRIGGING, FRIGS, FUCK, FUCKED, FUCKING, FUCKS, FUCKER, FUCKERS, FUCKUP, FUCKUPS, GANGBANG, GANGBANGS, GOY, GOYIM, GOYS, GOYISH, GRINGO, GRINGOS, HAOLE, HAOLES, HEBE, HEBES, HONKEY, HONKEYS, HONKIE, HONKY, HONKIES, HUNKIES, JESUIT, JESUITS, JESUITIC, JESUITRIES, JESUITRY, JEW, JEWED, JEWING, JEWS, JIGABOO, JIGABOOS, JISM, JISMS, KIKE, KIKES, LEZ, LEZES, LEZZIE, LEZZIES, LEZZY, LIBBER, LIBBERS, MERDE, MERDES, MICK, MICKS, NANCE, NANCES, NANCY, NANCIES, NIGGER, NIGGERS, NITCHIE, NITCHIES, NOOKY, NOOKIES, OFAY, OFAYS, PAPIST, PAPISTS, PAPISTIC, PAPISTRY, PAPISTRIES, PEED, PEEING, PISS, PISSED, PISSES, PISSING, PISSER, PISSERS, POM, POMS, POMMIE, POMMIES, POMMY, POOFS, POOFTAH, POOFTAHS, POOFTER, POOFTERS, POOFY, POOVE, POOVES, POPERY, POPERIES, POPISH, POPISHLY, REDNECK, REDNECKS, REDSKIN, REDSKINS, SHEENEY, SHEENEYS, SHEENIE, SHEENIES, SHEGETZ, SHKOTZIM, SHICKSA, SHICKSAS, SHIKSA, SHIKSAS, SHIKSE, SHIKSES, SHIT, SHAT, SHITS, SHITTED, SHITTING, SHITHEAD, SHITHEADS, SHITTY, SHITTIER, SHITTIEST, SKIMO, SKIMOS, SPIC, SPICS, SPICK, SPICKS, SPIK, SPIKS, SQUAW, SQUAWS, TOMMED, TOMMING, TURD, TURDS, TWAT, TWATS, WETBACK, WETBACKS, WHITEYS, WHITIES, WOG, WOGS, WOP, WOPS, YID, YIDS. In version 4, non-offensive definitions were found for FRIG and its derivatives and for GANGBANG and its derivatives, but surprisingly not for HEBE and JESUIT. 82.43.177.31

I believe the criterion used was the inclusion in the source dictionary of a label such as "usu. considered offensive", "vulgar", or some such. While the dictionaries include these labels as an indication of their usage (rather than a suggestion that the words themselves are offensive) OSPD2 used the label "an offensive term". Thus the inclusion of terms like COMSYMP and BUBBY, which I don't think anyone would consider offensive words in any real sense, but are usually used derogatorily (COMSYMP) or vulgar (BUBBY). Note that where the derogatory sense of a term is inherent in its meaning (e.g. STUPID) and doesn't require a dictionary label the word wasn't expunged. Gr8white (talk) 20:12, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Player boycott?

After receiving player threats to boycott events, NSA president John D. Williams agreed to license a third edition of the OSPD with the "offensive" words removed.

This is completely wrong. The players threatened to boycott after the decision had been made to expurgate and because of it. The sequence of events is detailed in Word Freaks. I'll rewrite if I get around to it. Gr8white (talk) 00:11, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Wording

In the last paragraph of the "Creation" section, it reads, "Although OSPD bears the name Official Scrabble Players Dictionary no countries list their "official" dictionary as the OSPD" which makes it sound like there is a reason that anyone in the world would think it logical that a country use a game-piece as an official, national document. Of course no countries list the OSPD as their official dictionary, and none ever will, especially since the OSPD is a prescriptive, and not descriptive, dictionary. Moreover, its being used as a national dictionary has nothing to do with its creation. I say that the first part of that sentence be removed. cullen (talk) 18:39, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not censored

The talk page is what causes this article to be notified with 'Wikipedia is not censored'. See Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not for more information for what Wikipedia is not. 86.22.8.235 (talk) 18:52, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

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Is the 6th edition complete?

That is, have the words expurgated from the 2nd edition finally been restored to the the edition? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.43.253 (talk) 00:32, 7 May 2020 (UTC)