pet peeve

[ftangredi]

Why are people always so surprised when they run across a 'scrabble' word in real life? (For example, somebody recently posted on CGP that he was surprised to run across 'navvies.')

I mean, come on! They're WORDS! Somebody uses them!

Okay, rant over. You may resume your normal lives.

Comments

[ftangredi]

Well, I didn't mean stupid usages of words we know. I meant words that are just unfamiliar, such as NAVVY or .... what was that word? ... oh, yes, UNBOSOM.

[jigsawn]

I knew the word UNBOSOM before I started playing competitive Scrabble.

[dianagram]

what about titmouse?

[bnjy99]

Sometimes It's just an "oh yeah" moment, when you see word. While driving to BAT I saw a billboard which said "secondi"