In 1993 a Virginia woman found several racial slurs in OSPD 2, including "jew", listed as a verb with the definition "To bargain with – an offensive term".

[3] (The more conventional sense of "member of a certain ethnoreligious group; Jewish person" was not listed because the dictionary did not include proper nouns.)

Her initial letters to Merriam-Webster and Milton Bradley requesting removal of the words resulted in politely negative responses.

"[4] She wrote to several social justice organizations, and the National Council of Jewish Women began a letter-writing campaign in support of her cause.

Hasbro announced that a third edition would be published with racial slurs removed, as well as words like "farted", "fatso", and "boobie".

[4] After receiving mostly negative feedback from players, including threats to boycott events, the NSA president announced a compromise.