thesaurize
To attempt to make your writing more formal and impressive by replacing simpler words with longer synonyms from a thesaurus
thesaurize by call_me_xale September 20, 2015
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Thesaurize
brohan i forgot what word means to attack for my essay, i wanna sound smart! oh shit man go Thesaurize it
Thesaurize by capŧaiin January 24, 2011
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thesaurusize
Taking a sentence from a (generally) published source and using a thesaurus to change the words so as to avoid plagiarism.
thesaurusize by ExaRox February 9, 2009
Thesaurused
To use the thesaurus for every second word in order to make yourself sound smarter or to take up space and make an essay longer.
Teachers see past it very quickly if you are a dumbfuck and can't tell him what half the words in your essay mean, when questioned.
Teachers see past it very quickly if you are a dumbfuck and can't tell him what half the words in your essay mean, when questioned.
"I thesaurused this essay to death"
"I walked slowly down the street to school" becomes "I sauntered languorously down the boulevard to the establishment of education" (this is overly thesaurused)
"I walked slowly down the street to school" becomes "I sauntered languorously down the boulevard to the establishment of education" (this is overly thesaurused)
Thesaurused by Hayat Neralcm November 18, 2005
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thesauric collision
N. Describes the fairly common occurrence amongst literate types, in which two synonymous or near-synonymous words are spoken somewhat atop each other, resulting in the creation of such phrases as "dramastic", "grood," and "for suretain." While these phrases have been used intentionally, true thesauric collisions only result from accidental construction of such phrases.
While Leeroy was at the cocktail party, he accidentally subjected the words "sweet" and "nice" to a thesauric collision, and thus told the Swedish ambassador to the UN that his expensive new martini glass was "swice."
thesauric collision by TerraForce October 22, 2006
thesaurasize
To completely ruin an essay by referring to a thesaurus for every other word, thus inserting words that you don't really understand the definition of to make yourself appear smarter to the reader.
"Man, Julia's essay would have been amazing if she hadn't thesaurasized the damn thing. Now she just looks ignorant."
thesaurasize by StormInATeacup16x January 5, 2008
Thesauritis
When a person decides to improve his/her writing (essays, poetry, etc.) by looking up synonyms in a thesaurus and utilizing words that they think sound nice. In most cases, a person diagnosed with Thesauritis will use the words s/he found incorrectly - therefore making him/her look stupid in front of people with bigger vocabularies.
Thesauritis patient: "I besot you so profusely; all through the ignominious opprobrium and misconstrued paroxysms... my ventricles throb with plasma for you."
You: If you knew what those words meant, you wouldn't have said that.
You: If you knew what those words meant, you wouldn't have said that.
Thesauritis by Waior December 27, 2009
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