And here's another lovely word: scrabble.
The game of that name has been in the news lately, having extended its list of allowed words to include, amongst other newcomers, innit.
A list of allowed words? But aren't all the arguments about whether scrabble is a proper name, or whether the word friseur is English, most of what makes Scrabble fun?
What? It's not about fun?
Oh well, whatever turns you on...
Anyway, scrabble. It's a lovely puppyish sort of word, and very useful for when you're trying to find a ringing mobile phone in a deep handbag, or the horn button in a new car when a truck is about to reverse into you.
I think we should all celebrate it.
Word To Use Today: scrabble. The game is a trademark, of course, but the English word comes from the Middle Dutch word shrabbelen, which is a frequentative of shrabben, to scrape.
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