Scrabble turns 66 and adds 5,000 words to its vocabulary, including bromance, chillax, selfie, hashtag and meh. It's like your granddad using LOL, OMG, YOLO, LMAO and ROFL in his messages.
Young players of the classic word game Scrabble, perhaps disenfranchised by its decade-old lexicon, can “chillax” now that this multi-generational favourite is being updated to speak the language of the millennials. The fifth edition of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, published by Merriam-Webster, went on sale August 6 and includes 5,000 new words that editors say will help the 66-year-old game stay relevant.
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