Invisapeeps 2.0

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Invisapeeps 2.0 -> Chattin' Peeps -> Dear Prudie: Inappropriate Scrabble Word?
Post Info TOPIC: Dear Prudie: Inappropriate Scrabble Word?
Aardvark


But my mom says I'm cool!

Status: Offline
Posts: 2093
Date:
Dear Prudie: Inappropriate Scrabble Word?
Permalink  
 

Dear Prudence,
During a game of Scrabble with my 14-year-old niece, my father-in-law played the word coitus. After the game I told him that I thought it was an inappropriate word to use with an adolescent, and he responded that he thought I was being overprotective and prudish. He also pointed out that she paid no attention to the word except to use it to play an X on a triple-letter square and win (she's a killer at this game). I still think he should have used the same letters to play scout. What do you think?

—Forfeit

Dear Forfeit,
I hope the word your niece played was buxom, foxy, sexy, or vixen. You were vexed that your father-in-law used what you see as an X-rated word with your niece, but the crux of the matter is she beat him, which must have made her exult. If one opponent is sixtysomething, and the other a teenager who excels at the game, I don’t think the older player is required to box himself in and purposely not maximize his word choice. Since she’s so skillful at mixing it up on the Scrabble board, I doubt she’d even want someone to nix a good play simply to save her sensibilities from being taxed. I say relax. Nothing toxic took place, and there was no reason for this coitus to be interrupted.

—Prudie

********************************

I agree with Prudie.  It's not like he played the f-word.  Plus, the girl is 14; surely she knows what sex is!



__________________

"I never understood why blessings wore disguises.  If I were a blessing, I'd run around naked." - Sophia Petrillo
Cactus


Senior Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 396
Date:
Permalink  
 

I agree that it was fine to play that word

__________________
winds55


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 624
Date:
Permalink  
 

If she's ever watched the Big Bang Theory, she's heard the word. No big deal.

I saw an interview on the Today show with a couple of the teen Scrabble champions - they said they know a lot of words, but not the definitions.

__________________
RichardInTN


I believe in I.D.I.C.

Status: Offline
Posts: 1642
Date:
Permalink  
 

Yeah... "Coitus", the word, is not that much to be worried over.

__________________
"Yabba Dabba Doo" - Frederick J. Flintstone... So what?
(Judd Nelson as Atty. Robin 'Stormy' Weathers in "From the Hip")
 
My board (everyone welcome): Great Escape
kinalikamom


Senior Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 433
Date:
Permalink  
 

Aardie, I just have to say I was amused by the title of your thread and then very much amused to read the body of it. On ehell, 'scrabble' is code word for 'sex'.

__________________
Aurora


Senior Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 122
Date:
Permalink  
 

I think the woman is crazy and part the reason so many of our kids are kept ignorant about sex. Sex is not a bad thing, DAMN IT!

__________________
RichardInTN


I believe in I.D.I.C.

Status: Offline
Posts: 1642
Date:
Permalink  
 

Aurora wrote:

I think the woman is crazy and part the reason so many of our kids are kept ignorant about sex. Sex is not a bad thing, DAMN IT!

I totally agree with this! 100% of it.



__________________
"Yabba Dabba Doo" - Frederick J. Flintstone... So what?
(Judd Nelson as Atty. Robin 'Stormy' Weathers in "From the Hip")
 
My board (everyone welcome): Great Escape
ladyloonatic


Senior Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 168
Date:
Permalink  
 

Gramps is right, Forfeit is overprotective and pruddish.

__________________

Reality is just an illusion.
Balloon Animal


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 557
Date:
Permalink  
 

Seriously this lady must have a nice life is this is her biggest issue. Coitus is actually a scientific and correct word for sexual intercourse. It is kinda a 3 dollar word even. So I don't have a problem without anyone using it. I am sure the 14 year old knows what sex is by now and this is just a fancier word for it. Now if he had played dickpig than she might have a point.

__________________
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
Invisapeeps 2.0 -> Chattin' Peeps -> Dear Prudie: Inappropriate Scrabble Word?


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse 		Powered by ActiveBoard