deadbeat lover's word with friend's request

Britta Norris Aug 26, 2022:

Thanks, Phil, and I agree about the possible implications regarding the grammar.

philgoddard Aug 24, 2022:

Yes That's probably it, Britta. Words with Friends requests. The surrounding text would probably confirm it one way or the other. The game is widely used by romance scammers, and it could be a reference to this, with "requests" meaning invitations to play.

It's also possible, given the writer's shaky grasp of grammar, that it's lovers in the plural.

Britta Norris Aug 24, 2022:

Words with Friends is a games app, similar to Scrabble, that you can play with others online. It pings when it prompts you to take your turn. :)

Tony M Aug 24, 2022:

@ Asker On the face of it, this EN seems to be defective; in particualr, the use of the singular 'word' where we'd normally expect 'words'. Also the use of "friend's" request — again, for most things like Facebook etc. we'd say 'friend request'.
I suspect the 'word' and the 'friend request' are in fact 2 separate things, causing their phone to 'ping' (= make a sound) an annoying number of times per day.