Nuts to Alan (hopefully)

[Tom44]

So I am going to try again to get "nuts" approved for Chi.  What brings this up is yesterday's 9 letter puzzle: "Guts" is not only allowed but a common word.  Lets compare Nuts to Guts:  From Collins dictionary:

Definition of 'nuts'
Word Frequency
nuts in British English
(nʌts ) slang
adjective
1.  offensive
insane
2. sometimes humorous
eccentric or foolish in behaviour
3. (foll by about or on)
extremely fond (of) or enthusiastic (about)
exclamation
4. an expression of disappointment, contempt, refusal, or defiance

Now look at guts from the same source

in British English
(ɡʌts)
plural noun
1. the bowels or entrails, esp of an animal
The entire carcass - hide, guts, and bones - was devoured.
By the time they finish, the crewmen are standing ankle-deep in fish guts.
2.  informal
courage, willpower, or daring; forcefulness
It takes guts to stand up to her.
The new Chancellor has the guts to push through unpopular tax increases.
It takes more guts than I've usually got to go and see him.
3.  informal
the essential part
the guts of the problem
She has a reputation for getting at the guts of a subject and never pulling her punches.
The guts of the reactor have to be hauled out of the pressure vessel.

To allow Guts but not Nuts is inconsistent!  Both should be allowed.  QED

[Ozzyjack]

You're probably driving Alan nuts raising this multiple times, Tom.
But it does take some guts.

[Linda]

I am backing your nuts all the way, Tom! 

[pat]

A simple way to resolve all the 'should it/shouldn't it be accepted' arguments would be to allow words that, while being plurals or third person inflections of verbs, are also nouns or adjectives in their own right.

[mkenuk]

Totally agree with you, Pat.

It's not as though there aren't plenty of examples on Chi already - pant/pants, crap/craps etc

Just remember Robert the Bruce and his spider.
Keep trying.

[Jacki]

Imagine having the power to add a word, make a word common, change the status of a word. It would probably be too much for me!! But I think nuts is justified - there is the saying "kicked me in the nuts" - it's just not the same as "kicked me in the nut".
And I think the whole world has probably gone a little bit nuts with staying at home COVID-19 restrictions.
Lucky I'm completely sane! Morhaha!!!

[mkenuk]

I wonder if there are any other words which are not allowed in Chi, but which meet the same criteria as nuts - ie a word ending in 's' which has the same spelling as a plural noun or an inflected verb, but which can have a different meaning.

I suppose that if 'nuts' ('=crazy') were to be allowed, there might be a case for  allowing 'bananas'!

'Old Cholmondley-Smythe spent far too much time in the sun drinking the local grog and he finally went bananas'!

[Dragonman]

Piles is another in that category.
A lot of or a painful and uncomfortable condition, I know which one I would rather have 

[Jacki]

And I think I've suggested "dibs" before but not everyone had heard of the phrase "I've got dibs on that.", meaning that you have reserved it first.

[tpc]

Lots of this thread is just plain bonkers