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Walking Thesaurus

A walking thesaurus is a person with good vocabulary who knows many definitions of words. A thesaurus is a book that lists words in groups of synonyms and related concepts which is usually called a dictionary, hence the word walking refers to the human being.
Person 1: I know what odd means, I did English home language at school.
Person 2: Just because you did English home language, that doesn't mean you're a walking thesaurus.
by Thedarkfact July 11, 2022
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Chinese Thesaurus

When the brain so sloppy you start speaking Mandarin Chinese, regardless of prior familiarity with the dialect.
Mike's Sister: "Good thing Mike's still playing Pokémon Go, otherwise he'd catch me giving you the Chinese Thesaurus!"

Me: "早上好中国 现在我有冰淇淋 我很喜欢冰淇淋 但是 速度与激情9 比冰淇淋 速度与激情 速度与激情9 我最喜欢 所以…现在是音乐时间 准备 1 2 3 两个礼拜以后 速度与激情9 ×3 不要忘记 不要错过 记得去电影院看速度与激情9 因为非常好电影 动作非常好 差不多一样冰淇淋 再见"
by GamingBeast90 January 19, 2024
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ship of thesaurus

the ship of thesaurus is a tactic often times used by plagiarists in order to launder other people's ideas as their own. this is done by switching around the order of words, or using big fancy words that nobody would use (e.g. extrenuate).
chris scullion: the character models are a good deal less detailed
filip mucin (plagiarizing): its pretty clear that they do have a good amount of less detail
chris: what
filip: its a classic tactic its called the ship of thesaurus
chris: kill yourself
by DackJaniels April 7, 2024
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ship of thesaurus

a tactic often used by plagiarists in order to hide the fact that theyre plagiarizing

the ship of thesaurus takes an original text, and either switches the order of the words around, or uses synonyms and big, intelligent sounding words words to obfuscate the original text.
in a sentence
harris: dude you copied my essay
james: i switched the words around its fine
harris: classic ship of thesaurus argument

in action
chris: this game is good
filip: this playable experience is enjoyable
chris: kill yourself
by DackJaniels April 8, 2024
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Bring a dictionary and a thesaurus

You need to look up the definition of words as well as the homonyms and synonyms of words.
You wanna argue with me, bring a dictionary and a thesaurus. I'll give you a swift kick to the ass!
by Angel of death187 May 18, 2022
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A phrase used to describe someone who uses fancy and/or excessive speech. In the context of Limbus Company, the phrase was used in a scene where a character explains as if they read the thesaurus, causing one of the main characters to call them out.
Person A: I was struck with sorrow upon the sight of their entrails. In fact, I had gained an epiphany: why must the innocent bear death and mutilation for a root impertinent to them? Had the madmen been any wiser, the townsfolk would have not suffered this tragedy, and would live on to an untroubled life.

Person B: Yeah, we all know you read the thesaurus. So anyways, you saw those poor innocents’ corpses and you want us to take revenge? Y’know we’re not some heroes fighting for justice.
by yanyanyanyan4 August 15, 2025
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thesaurist

A person who's arguments seem to consist more of words than ideas; excessive use of nonessential words.
"Epistemological, metaphysical colloquially presupposed blah blah blah."

"Looks like we've got a real thesaurist on our hands."
by asadfga December 10, 2008
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