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Thesaurus Hunt
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Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:00 pmby shieldgenerator7
post a word similar in meaning to the word last posted. use a thesaurus if you need it
Here's word#1:
"ancient"
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:17 pmby DoomYoshi
This game seems silly unless you use a thesaurus. I could post a word that means something similar to ancient and then so would the next person. The word would never change unless a thesaurus was used since thesauri usually give words that aren't actually synonyms. So we would all be educating ourselves to use words that don't actually fit.
So, standard CC procedure would make the first answer "Victor Sullivan" but I will skip that and hop right to a word with a very similar meaning:
word #2:
"ancient"
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:41 pmby shieldgenerator7
well, I once to a trip through the thesaurus, finding words that were loosely synonymous with a word, and that led me all over the place. That's why I thought this would be interesting. There exist online thesauruses you know.
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:42 pmby mviola
Word 3: ancient
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:52 pmby DoomYoshi
shieldgenerator7 wrote:well, I once to a trip through the thesaurus, finding words that were loosely synonymous with a word, and that led me all over the place. That's why I thought this would be interesting. There exist online thesauruses you know.
Yea it can lead you all over the place. However, it serves to show the flaw in thesauri. Using online ones is even worse. According to thesaurus.com both "first" and "aboriginal" are synonyms for ancient. Basically, the thesaurus is a lie, online only moreso. Perhaps the other non-false way of advancing the word would be using an antonym thesaurus. However, that is far too radical for me. I will stick to what I know;)
word #4:
"ancient"
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:25 amby shieldgenerator7
DoomYoshi wrote:shieldgenerator7 wrote:well, I once to a trip through the thesaurus, finding words that were loosely synonymous with a word, and that led me all over the place. That's why I thought this would be interesting. There exist online thesauruses you know.
According to thesaurus.com both "first" and "aboriginal" are synonyms for ancient. word #4:
"ancient"
that's the fun part!
word#5: obsolete
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:27 amby Metsfanmax
Word #6: Ancient
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:00 amby Army of GOD
word 7: Victor Sullivan
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:58 amby DoomYoshi
word 8:
n00b
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:54 pmby Army of GOD
word 9: Victor Sullivan
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:55 pmby Army of GOD
Wait, are we saying Victor Sullivan is both ancient AND a n00b? That's so completely contradicting yet true.
He's a fucking oxymoron.
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:37 pmby jonesthecurl
Word 10 - oxy.moron.
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:39 pmby DoomYoshi
Army of GOD wrote:Wait, are we saying Victor Sullivan is both ancient AND a n00b? That's so completely contradicting yet true.
He's a fucking oxymoron.
I know, so I had to do it lol.
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:27 pmby Victor Sullivan
Where's the love?
11. I'm lying.
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:40 pmby DoomYoshi
what is this love of which you speak?
12. paradox
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:43 pmby Army of GOD
13. contradiction
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:51 pmby safariguy5
14. military intelligence
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:57 pmby Army of GOD
15. Iraqi WMDs
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:44 pmby shieldgenerator7
16. microsoft works
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:58 pmby Army of GOD
That doesn't make any fucking sense at all
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:19 amby mviola
17. Ancient
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:32 amby shieldgenerator7
you guys are just messing with me
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:07 amby Army of GOD
ANCIENT IS NOW A MEME
Oh, and 18. Victor Sullivan
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:12 amby jonesthecurl
19. Ancient. Oh, and plagiarism.
Re: Thesaurus Hunt
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Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:15 pmby DoomYoshi
Army of GOD wrote:That doesn't make any fucking sense at all
The game got sidetracked as everyone started posting contradictions, rather than things that mean the same. For instance, run and be are both verbs but they don't mean the same thing. Military Intelligence, Iraqi WMDs and Microsoft Works are all contradictions but they don't mean the same thing. This is not Word Association, it's Thesaurus Hunt.
20. ancient