This morning, as I do most mornings, I was playing Words With Friends and made the word "noose" on a triple. I was quite pleased as it was near the end of the game and this would give me a solid 18 points and put me well in the lead. But it was rejected by the game as "not a valid word." I was confused and so looked it up in the standard dictionary and learned it was just what I thought it was, a knot at the end of a rope. But this is now a forbidden word.
Oddly enough, the word "sheeny" is perfectly acceptable on Words With Friends, despite its meaning as a derogatory slur for a Jewish person. Oh yes, it also means "having a sheen, shiny," just like noose means a knot.
I'm surprised we can all still say "black." Probably not for long....
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