While recreational Scrabble players often use whatever hard-copy or online dictionary happens to be handy as a reference, players who compete in Scrabble tournaments use a dictionary authorized as a reference by the organization that sanctions the competition.
In South Korea violence surrounding online gaming happens often enough that police refer to such murders as "off-line PK," a reference to player killing (PK), or player-versus-player lethal contests, which are allowed or encouraged in some games.
If it seems appropriate to reference another player or song, then ok but don't overdo it, as it robs your solo of depth and tends to trivialize it.
"I saw Schilling pitch the other night with blood running down his sanitary, and he was still out there," McNamara said by telephone, using an old-school reference for players' socks.
While the papers do not reveal the amount of damages being sought — all figures are redacted — they make reference to players seeking compensatory damages of "hundreds of millions of dollars".
And in a statement issued last month, the WICB made reference to "players who for reasons other than fitness or personal distress, make themselves unavailable for selection but expect to be selected whenever they deem it necessary to make themselves available".
Kaepernick told reporters on Wednesday that "it is disappointing to hear a Supreme Court justice call a protest against injustices and oppression 'stupid, dumb' in reference to players doing that". .
Playa Boi tries to update Neneh Cherry's Buffalo Stance, which is probably necessary – there would be something a bit weird about an 18-year-old covering a song about a mid-80s fashion movement in 2011 – but it loses the original's idiosyncratic charm amid a wash of generic synths and lyrical references to players and gangsters.
For months, the première has been advertised for "the day after the Super Bowl," and for months theatre junkies have asked, "When the hell is the Super Bowl?" For those of you with the opposite problem, the following glossary provides a handy guide to all the insider references and players in tonight's episode.
