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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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Player 456 Saying "I've played these games before
Wait, I've played these games before
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Ive played these games before

Home say young: Omg im so scared!! what will the next game be???? i dont wanna die 😰😰😰😰
Gi hun: heh... ummm i've actually played these games before (with rizz)
Home say young: Omg guys he played these games before 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Person 1: STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IVE PLAYED THESE GAMES BEFORE!!!
Person 2: GETOU-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by monkeyfucker0285 January 6, 2025
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When someone is Korean, and have played these games before.
Korean man from Funny Game: "I've played these games before!"
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An iconic line from a funny korean man in a funny korean show.
Dude from the X side: I've played these games before! I said I played these games before. I knew about the first games because I've already done it!
by SeongGiSangWoo22 February 2, 2025
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