Gobbledegook

Word of the Match: CORDUROYS

Winter is a lifestyle changer...same with Japan. When you are stuck inside and you start to get cravings for using gargantuan words that you can't use in front of the English class (because it contains more than two syllables), it is time you start playing Scrabble. Yep, Scrabble: the game where you have 1 board, a tray, and 7 letters usually accompanied by stale pretzels and a prune juice chaser; the game that has saved millions of old people from talking about their grandchildren too much; the game that automatically induces the smell of moth balls and medicine; the game where dead vocabularies are reincarnated.

Word of the Match: ANDROID

I realize that the only thing nerdier than playing Scrabble is blogging about Scrabble. However, Scrabble is like the step-father I never had. Thus, I now embrace it by playing at least thrice a week. Let me explain that. At first introduction, Scrabble is boring, rigid, and filled with strange new rules, much like a step-father. Later, after giving Scrabble a chance, I realized that I could definitely enjoy such a game every now and then when not preoccupied with a computer game, much like the rotating visits you have with your real, genetically cooler dad.

Word of the Match: OZONE

Every Monday night, 2 buddies and I get together for "Brains and Brawn Night." We meet at the gym and do a vigorous work-out of lifting huge amounts of weight while discussing manly things like mountain unicycling and ping pong matches against Asian people. Then, we give our pulsating bodies a break while our brains work over a rousing game of Scrabble. It is precisely what you think three 20-somethings would be doing in the middle of the countryside in Japan.

Word of the Match: WORSTED

Word of the Match: HERNIAS

Word of the Match: MOSQUE

Word of the Match: ONYX

Word of the Match: AREOLA

Word of the Match: PENTANES

Word of the Match: WIGGLERS

Word of the Match: MECCA

Word of the Match: ZOOT