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Re:The insanity of being a Scrabble enthusiast by hackcasual on Thursday December 29, 2022 @01:59AM (#34170246)
There have been a few that aren't exactly vernacular. I'm still angry about "parer"
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Re:The insanity of being a Scrabble enthusiast by defrost on Thursday December 29, 2022 @03:07AM (#34170559)
Not venacular in which countries though?

Eg: I'm Australian and instantly thought "that'd be a paring knife ..", and yes, that appears to be what it is.

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Re:The insanity of being a Scrabble enthusiast by billforsternz on Thursday December 29, 2022 @03:17AM (#34170610)
#metoo, and CONDO the other day, and REBUS for goodness sake.
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Re:The insanity of being a Scrabble enthusiast by iopq on Thursday December 29, 2022 @05:02AM (#34171131)
That's a very logical word if you know what a paring knife is
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Re:The insanity of being a Scrabble enthusiast by ghaff on Thursday December 29, 2022 @10:02AM (#34173258)
It's a logical word (and, as I recall, I eventually went with it) in the sense of someone or something that pares. https://www.thefreedictionary.com/parer But it's fair to say that it's not at all common in the US. Someone would normally say they were going to the manicurist or ask you to hand them the paring knife--though, at least in the latter case, they might intuit the meaning from context.
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Re:The insanity of being a Scrabble enthusiast by jodrellblank on Thursday December 29, 2022 @05:31AM (#34171292)
https://scrabblewordfinder.org/dictionary/parer

Someone who reads is a reader, viewer, writer, dancer, God loves a tryer, and someone who pares should be a parer.

Although I often try that pattern and have it denied, if you can shelve a project it suggests shelver which is in, if you can table a motion it suggests tabler which isn’t.

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Re:The insanity of being a Scrabble enthusiast by greenbit on Thursday December 29, 2022 @07:56AM (#34172149)
Wouldn't a tabler be a person who makes tables? =P
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Re:The insanity of being a Scrabble enthusiast by jodrellblank on Thursday December 29, 2022 @09:43AM (#34173054)
As much as a hooker is a person who makes hooks, and a carpenter is one who makes carpents =P
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