(Jewish Group) Association of British Scrabble Players updates definition of 'jew' after complaints
The verb was defined as 'to haggle, get the better of' on the association's word list as taken from the HarperCollins dictionary
The Association of British Scrabble Players has updated its guide to label its definition of “jew” – “to haggle, get the better of” - as offensive, after British Jews alerted them to it.
Dave Rich, head of policy at antisemitism watchdog the Community Security Trust, tweeted to note the antisemitic definition.
Mike Whiteoak, who chairs the ABSP, told the JC that the association itself did not publish its own dictionary but rather publishes “online lists of words on our website under different categories.
“The words and the definitions are taken from the actual dictionary, which is published by HarperCollins – and we’re not responsible for how they define them,” he said.
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