WEEKLY WHINE

Establishment of a Lingo

The SOWPODS word list defines the words that are acceptable for use in international Scrabble tournaments. The latest edition, introduced in 2015, contains over 275,000 words. Of these, more than 12,000 are five letter words.

Obviously, we here at GoobNet enjoy five letter words, like enjoy and words. But we all have our favourites. So which five letter words are preferred by our GoobNet team? Let’s discover their favourites.

REG

FYKED: caught fish using a net and hoops suspended over the water. Because fish caught in this manner are fyked anyway.

DEB

KVELL: to be happy to the point of tears. See also Hamiltonian circuits.

DEBBIE

QORMA: variant of korma, an Indian dish. When in doubt, always go with the word with a Q that’s not followed by a U.

EDVARD

ZOOID: an individual animal, like a member of a coral colony. Surprisingly, not a database of wild animal parks around the world.

AMBER LYNN

FUCUS: a type of seaweed. Also, a substance that emanates from the nose after a particularly intense orgasm.

I’ve never heard of that. – Gaby

Well, it’s only a small minority of the population that are fucators.

CHARLOTTE

SCHWA: a neutral vowel in the English language.

RICH

FLEXO: short form of flexography, a method for printing on foil or plastic. Also, a guy who ranks between Bender and Fry.

GABY

ZURFS: variant of zarfs, Middle Eastern coffee cup holders. Also, something that mattresses do in the swamps of Sqornshellus Zeta.

WEN

LOHAN: variant of luohan, a Chinese word for a Buddhist monk who has achieved enlightenment. Disappointingly, explains very little about Lindsay.

NINA

FUBAR: to cause irreparable damage, or to make an unrecoverable error. Acronym of Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition.

JHONNY

SHIST: variant of schist, a rock made up of layered crystals. Anagrams of dirty words are always enjoyable.

RASHELLE

QUIFF: a hairstyle in which the bangs are brushed upwards. Also a slang term for the human vulva.

SUSANA

FEZES: variant plural of fez. Fezes are cool.

HELENA

AARGH: variant of argh, a cry of pain. Also, the castle where Joseph of Arimathea found the Holy Grail.