Bad Feminist: Essays
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22 I ended up with an amazing ranking, high enough to almost place me a division up. In the next tournament I played, I would be seeded much higher and I would pay for that, dearly.
23 The child actors from Diff’rent Strokes, among others, know a little something about this. I was thinking I would pull a Mary-Kate and Ashley. Such was not the case.
24 Also not his name.
25 The Scrabble community is fairly small, and once you start attending tournaments regularly, you will see the same people over and over.
26 I have my own tournament board now as well as a timer (with pink buttons), tiles (pink), and long tile racks (sadly not available in pink). I also have a carrying case with a shoulder strap so I can rock my Scrabble board slung across my shoulders like a boss.
27 Qoph is a Hebrew letter. My opponent not only shared the word’s meaning, he also explained the origins (something about a sewing needle; frankly, I had tuned him out at that point) and pronunciation. After the exciting word lesson, he started telling me all the possible Q words one can spell without a U. I wondered, Is there a Q in “motherfucker”?
28 That was a pretty little lie.
29 I willfully ignored the memory of the outcome of my first tournament, where I won as the lowest-seeded player, without a ranking.
30 “Broasting” is a proper noun, and proper nouns are not valid Scrabble words. Broasting is a trademarked method of cooking chicken.