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Thread #55787   Message #869310
Posted By: Little Hawk
18-Jan-03 - 01:40 AM
Thread Name: BS: Which Word scores most in Thesaurus?
Subject: BS: Which Words scores most in Thesaurus?
I have lost my thesaurus, along with my stegosaurus, and no longer know where it is (Yo! Redundancy rears its ugly head.), but I think the word "stupid" has the largest body of synonyms and related words for any single concept in the English language. It's astounding how many there are, and it makes for amusing reading, as some of them are quite archaic. Try putting them all in one letter, and send it to some deserving person.

It says something about people if the word "stupid" encapsules the most successful and prolific archetype in our language, but I'm not sure what.

So if you have a thesaurus handy, check it out and see if I am right about this.

There are very few synonyms for solipsism, unfortunately. Odd, isn't
it?

*Pardon my mistake in the title. It should read "Word". Pedants take note.

- LH