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

Thesaurus

A recource that is similar to a dictionary that contains synonyms and definitions.

Pass me that thesaurus, i need to know what cowardly means

by Perve joe April 15, 2023

thesaurus x

you thought was a dinosaur when you were in grade school when your teacher asked you to bring a dictionary and a thesaurus.

my 8 year old nephew, jam, asked his mom if thesaurus x are still alive these days because his teacher asked them to bring one to school.

by alexmanuel October 19, 2010

Thesaurus Rex

A big fella with a disproportionately small wing-man. Not exactly king-ding-a-long.

Hey now I know why your full name is Thesaurus Rex

Because I ain't seen shit like that since I was underage.

Rex: I . I . its not 'up' mate - how would you know what a big one is?

Actually - mate as long as you can keep beating the others off your tab, you got precedence on the name Rex.

Rex. You better believe I do.

by jujufruit July 26, 2017

Thesaurus

A large book containing words and synonyms for them.

“Did you see this thesaurus? Its amazing!”

by Darkness666 November 3, 2020

Thesaurus

A website/book that makes you sound smart

You: Yo that guy's moderately smart.
Someone else: Where'd you learn that word!
You: A thesaurus.

by Space‌Core‌From‌Portal August 5, 2021

Thesaurus

A book that is always implied. Every time.

Imma look that word up in the thesaurus and then I'll know other words for pirate.

by Fragranceman July 17, 2023