Spaw,

My kids certainly know the slang (they're 14 and 10 now) but those aren't the terms we use amongst ourselves, should the need arise.

Several years ago, in order to encourage cooperation between my children I developed a special set of rules for a game we play called "Scribble." It isn't fair to call it Scrabble, because it might confuse anyone who came along thinking we were using the usual rules.

The kids pool their letters and play against me. They take turns spelling whatever they want to, including proper nouns and rude words. We frequently allow the blind swapping of letters in the box if they're having trouble spelling a really good word. They are encouraged to spell off of the board, and get points for courtesy and lose points for being rude. We've had a few rude words spelled when the opportunity arose, but they don't go out of their way for them. It seems that once we lifted the "we don't talk like that" rule from our domestic venue, it isn't a big deal if those words are used, but they aren't used very often. And it's usually in the context of humor.

SRS