Thesaurus Hunt

shieldgenerator7 · Post by **shieldgenerator7** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:00 pm

post a word similar in meaning to the word last posted. use a thesaurus if you need it

Here's word#1:

"ancient"

DoomYoshi · Post by **DoomYoshi** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:17 pm

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"

shieldgenerator7 · Post by **shieldgenerator7** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:41 pm

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.

mviola · Post by **mviola** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:42 pm

Word 3: ancient

DoomYoshi · Post by **DoomYoshi** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:52 pm

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"

shieldgenerator7 · Post by **shieldgenerator7** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:25 am

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

Metsfanmax · Post by **Metsfanmax** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:27 am

Word #6: Ancient

Army of GOD · Post by **Army of GOD** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:00 am

word 7: Victor Sullivan

DoomYoshi · Post by **DoomYoshi** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:58 am

word 8:
n00b

Army of GOD · Post by **Army of GOD** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:54 pm

word 9: Victor Sullivan

Army of GOD · Post by **Army of GOD** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:55 pm

Wait, are we saying Victor Sullivan is both ancient AND a n00b? That's so completely contradicting yet true.

He's a fucking oxymoron.

jonesthecurl · Post by **jonesthecurl** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:37 pm

Word 10 - oxy.moron.

DoomYoshi · Post by **DoomYoshi** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:39 pm

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.

Victor Sullivan · Post by **Victor Sullivan** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:27 pm

Where's the love?

11. I'm lying.

DoomYoshi · Post by **DoomYoshi** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:40 pm

what is this love of which you speak? :lol:

12. paradox

Army of GOD · Post by **Army of GOD** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:43 pm

13. contradiction

safariguy5 · Post by **safariguy5** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:51 pm

14. military intelligence

Army of GOD · Post by **Army of GOD** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:57 pm

15. Iraqi WMDs

shieldgenerator7 · Post by **shieldgenerator7** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:44 pm

16. microsoft works

Army of GOD · Post by **Army of GOD** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:58 pm

That doesn't make any fucking sense at all

mviola · Post by **mviola** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:19 am

17. Ancient

shieldgenerator7 · Post by **shieldgenerator7** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:32 am

you guys are just messing with me

Army of GOD · Post by **Army of GOD** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:07 am

ANCIENT IS NOW A MEME

Oh, and 18. Victor Sullivan

jonesthecurl · Post by **jonesthecurl** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:12 am

19. Ancient. Oh, and plagiarism.

DoomYoshi · Post by **DoomYoshi** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:15 pm

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

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