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thesaurus rex

a dinosaur who doesnt attack people, only bombards you with words that all have the same meaning until you kill yourself.

watch out. very dangerous
That thesaurus rex almost synonymed me to death.
by ojpimpjuice69 April 8, 2009
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thesaurus rape

The use of "big" words in lieu of their "common" counterparts (often out of context) in a futile attempt to sound more intelligent. This technique is often used by liberal arts students when attempting to sound competent when talking about a subject that they have no clue about.
In a class room discussion about UrbanDictionary.com

Jill: Urban Dictionary's abominable nature not only proliferates the use of exiguous, diminutive, colloquial English, it actually bolsters and espouses it!

Jack: ya, and it gives us words like thesaurus rape to describe what you are doing!!
by dmangest August 17, 2009
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Thesaurus Intellectual

Someone who uses big words, often unnecessarily, in order to seem smarter than they are.
I can't stand talking to Bart about anything serious, he's such a thesaurus intellectual.
by Haunton Romilly August 24, 2018
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Thesaurus Walrus

Thesaurus Walrus is a name given to a person who knows many synonyms. It is based on a walrus living in Crouch End, England who is often employed by locals for his knowledge of the English language and urban colloquialisms.

Having studied at Oxford his vocabulary far surpasses that of other aquatic mammals. His voice, while high pitched, is sonorous and earned him leading roles in several operas including “La Boheme” and “Nannuk of the Northern Lights”. He also starred in his own variety show “Pinniped Pinhead”. In the early part of 2009, he was arrested for an incident at the Greenwich Observatory when he apparently went into an unstoppable diatribe describing the planets with an endless string of adjectives. He was subsequently acquitted when it was determined that he had eaten a Thai fish dish from the restaurant and had a bad reaction to the peanut sauce. His career rebounded following the trial and after the verdict was announced, he described himself as happy, joyous, giddy, content, pleased, glad, cheerful, blissful, thrilled, smiling, positive, jovial, festive, merry, jolly, delighted, thankful, satisfied, comfortable, at ease, charmed, enchanted, delighted, elated, overjoyed and over the moon.
He was able to tell me eighteen ways to describe fresh fish. What a Thesaurus walrus!
by J.Snead February 11, 2010
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Thesaurus Rex

A person who uses a word program or internet thesaurus in order to make their papers or written works appear smarter by replacing common words with larger or uncommon words.
The phrontistery is a Thesaurus Rex's wet dream.

"Since when does Bismark use the word jackanapes?"
"Since he became a Thesaurus Rex."
by Chromium April 3, 2006
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thesaurus props

noun. blue-collar worker (male) who searches thesaurus.com for more enhanced vocabulary to use in text messages / e-mails to impress a female whom he is courting, but uses incorrect syntax during such messages, so as to confound said recipient, forcing her to be even more confused than she already is by his misappropriated behavior.
EMAIL FROM THESAURUS PROPS: "Yes, the roommate situation was dilatory in effort and not completely severing by any means allowing it to surface over and again... But not mandating me to hide anything."
by stella lester / lita carlson December 12, 2010
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Thesaurus warrior

Somebody who uses needlessly complicated words to sound smart
Thesaurus Warrior: "I presently found myself lingering in the visage of the blooming flame captured in my retina"
A normal dude: "I saw the light"
by bageras June 26, 2016
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