Click here for a guardian article on new words being added to the the official scrabble book. Words like "bezzy", "dench" and "lolz" are now all acceptable words in the game, and this has sparked controversy from all around.
It is arguable that people are against language change for socio-economic reasons. It’s essentially a stick to beat young children with, but it’s also another tool for prejudice - the general consensus among some prescriptivists is that slang words make the lexicon of the youth, which is where we can start to see ageism, racism and possibly even sexism.
