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Nevilledog

(50,986 posts)
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 05:27 PM Nov 2020

A truck loaded with thousands of copies of ROGET'S THESAURUS crashed yesterday...



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A truck loaded with thousands of copies of ROGET'S THESAURUS crashed yesterday losing its entire load. Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, taken aback, stupefied, confused, shocked, rattled, paralyzed, dazed, bewildered, mixed up, surprised, awed, and dumbfounded!
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A truck loaded with thousands of copies of ROGET'S THESAURUS crashed yesterday... (Original Post) Nevilledog Nov 2020 OP
What's another word for thesaurus? Dr. Strange Nov 2020 #1
Isn't that one a them dino-saurs? abqtommy Nov 2020 #2
Synonymicon? dchill Nov 2020 #3
Ooh, I like it! Dr. Strange Nov 2020 #5
This gives me an idea Fritz Walter Nov 2020 #24
There's never a 2X4 around when you need one A HERETIC I AM Nov 2020 #33
How many grammar police does it take KatyMan Nov 2020 #41
Sign me up too! calimary Nov 2020 #42
Likewise! BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #39
how about a synonym icon MichaelSoE Nov 2020 #43
For what its worth, It litterly means.. reACTIONary Nov 2020 #14
"Google". eom lastlib Nov 2020 #16
Thesaurus?? Ain't they 'xtinct?? lastlib Nov 2020 #17
Wordhoard ananda Nov 2020 #29
dead tree BrightKnight Nov 2020 #51
I am left wordless. Sanity Claws Nov 2020 #4
2020 Stallion Nov 2020 #6
Quick, someone grab some and get them to all these reporters and talking heads Mariana Nov 2020 #7
That will really EVISCERATE their headline though. n/t mikelgb Nov 2020 #11
NPR is partial to "without evidence." Patterson Nov 2020 #21
LOL! lunatica Nov 2020 #8
Agreed Lunatica........NC DENVERPOPS Nov 2020 #18
They forgot "educated" and "informed". KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2020 #9
I'm flabbergasted!. nt Binkie The Clown Nov 2020 #10
Discombobulated. n/t sarge43 Nov 2020 #12
Because they don't understand why so many were printed? LiberalFighter Nov 2020 #13
Awesome tweet. NoMoreRepugs Nov 2020 #15
Dinosaurs With A Very Large Vocabulary? ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #19
What do you call a herd of Thesauri? Gary 50 Nov 2020 #23
LOL! lunatica Nov 2020 #28
Witnesses report it was run off the road by some idiom Iterate Nov 2020 #20
Thanks! We need a diversion now and again!! nt LAS14 Nov 2020 #22
I am immiserated by this loss! Lonestarblue Nov 2020 #25
That's really funny. PatrickforO Nov 2020 #26
I thought you were going to say that a truck carrying thousands of copies of ROGET'S THESARUS... TrollBuster9090 Nov 2020 #27
Ha!!! Great minds and Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2020 #50
Haha! Yeah, George F. Will's favourite party trick is to... TrollBuster9090 Nov 2020 #53
... some were not ammused BadGimp Nov 2020 #30
I thought a thesaurus was a kind of dinosaur that would tclambert Nov 2020 #31
I lost my thesaurus. Wednesdays Nov 2020 #32
But, were any concerned? Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #34
That's hilarious judesedit Nov 2020 #35
Nice! warmfeet Nov 2020 #36
I'm astounded judesedit Nov 2020 #37
Good thing it wasn't full of Republicans; witnesses would have been lied to; stolen from; 1plus1equals1 Nov 2020 #38
Lot of funnies here but I like yours the best. KS Toronado Nov 2020 #44
Thanks! It didn't require much thought. :) 1plus1equals1 Nov 2020 #45
Almost as tragic as the crash of the Truckload of Art... blitzen Nov 2020 #40
Awesome! chwaliszewski Nov 2020 #46
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Nov 2020 #47
After the books were gathered and burned, Jakes Progress Nov 2020 #48
The kind of story we need right now. TeamPooka Nov 2020 #49
There are no words lame54 Nov 2020 #52

Fritz Walter

(4,290 posts)
24. This gives me an idea
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 07:05 PM
Nov 2020

Synonym A Con.
A convention, gathering, assembly, grouping, meeting of like-minded linguists. It would be organized and patrolled by the Grammar Police (whose mission is “To Correct and Serve”).
Sign me up!
😜

KatyMan

(4,175 posts)
41. How many grammar police does it take
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:13 PM
Nov 2020

To change a lightbulb? None. Lightbulbs are replaced, not changed.

(Stolen from a meme I saw somewhere)

calimary

(81,085 posts)
42. Sign me up too!
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 12:31 AM
Nov 2020

I’m thrilled, elated, jazzed, stoked, happy, jubilant, excited, exultant, gleeful, glad, enthralled, delighted, celebratory, triumphant, in love with it, walking on air, and over-the-moon!

And that’s just off the top of my head.

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
7. Quick, someone grab some and get them to all these reporters and talking heads
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 05:45 PM
Nov 2020

who can't seem to come up with any other word than "baseless" to describe Trump's allegations of fraud.

TrollBuster9090

(5,953 posts)
27. I thought you were going to say that a truck carrying thousands of copies of ROGET'S THESARUS...
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 07:11 PM
Nov 2020

...crashed yesterday, and that's why George F. Will's Editorial was missing from the Washington Post.

tclambert

(11,084 posts)
31. I thought a thesaurus was a kind of dinosaur that would
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 07:53 PM
Nov 2020

eat, dine on, ingest, devour, feast upon, make a meal of, feed on, gobble up, chew, and swallow you.

1plus1equals1

(205 posts)
38. Good thing it wasn't full of Republicans; witnesses would have been lied to; stolen from;
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 08:44 PM
Nov 2020

taken advantage of; screwed; groped; have their insurance ripped off; shot at with a gun; sexually harassed; racially harassed; homophobialy harassed; (fill in the blank) harassed; forced to have unwanted babies; ordered to take their mask off; stand in a group and cough; have their vote suppressed; and swear an oath to Fat Donnie...

KS Toronado

(17,138 posts)
44. Lot of funnies here but I like yours the best.
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 02:09 PM
Nov 2020

Two FedEx trucks have sideswiped each other on I-75 Southbound near Barrett Pkwy in Cobb. Packages are spilled everywhere on the side of the road, Georgia Nov. 2018

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Jakes Progress

(11,122 posts)
48. After the books were gathered and burned,
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 04:42 PM
Nov 2020

A bystander was asked for her reaction. She replied, “There are no words.”

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