In the beginning I misunderstood

[shirei_shibolim]

Ever play Scrabble (or its delightful online ripoff, Scrabulous) and wish that an imaginary word were real? Right now I could score a really nice move if only vamputee were part of the English lexicon.

Comments

[hotshot2000]

Well, we could add the word to the lexicon by starting to use it. (I'm assuming the meaning is "one who's limb was amputed in or as a result of an encounter with a vampire".) The only question would be whether the addition of the word to the lexicon would be valid למפרע.

[shirei_shibolim]

I'm afraid there's no hope in this case. We're relying on whichever dictionary Scrabulous considers its standard American English version, which is very inconsistent when it comes to neologisms and terms borrowed from foreign sources.

Oh, and

[shirei_shibolim]

I don't necessarily have a definition in mind. I'm just in a position to get the 50 point bonus for using all my letters if the game suddenly decides that's a word.

Re: Oh, and

[hotshot2000]

I was just trying to help along the process of miraculous acceptance by introducing a plausible definition! :-)

[wilperegrine]

And then there's the fact that, of the six people I am playing assorted games with, I am convinced that at least one of them is using some sort of online scrabble word generator to craft his/her words. Oh, the difficulty of being the bigger person.

[shirei_shibolim]

Eep. What makes you think that this person is using an engine and not just freakishly good with making patterns out of letters?