A brief-yet-ongoing journal of all things Carmi. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll reach for your mouse to click back to Google. But you'll be intrigued. And you'll feel compelled to return following your next bowl of oatmeal. With brown sugar. And milk.
"Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word."I'd like Mr. King to have a chat with some folks I know. High-fallutin' language and 50-cent words have always hit my ear wrong. If you think big words impress others, think again.
Stephen King
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I'm sure there are some online ones that people use.
ReplyDeleteI know a few people that love to throw as many big words into their conversation as they can. Personally, I find it tiring to talk with them.
Seems to help in the vicious online scrabble bouts I've heard tell of.
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Yes I do use thesaurus.com but it is not to find big unpronounceable words, it is because, since English isn't my first language, I forget simple straightforward words like insolent or overwhelming or persuade (recent experiences!).
ReplyDeleteThe perfect word is at the tip of my tongue and I go crazy trying to recall it. So I rely on thesaurus! :)
I still have Roget's Thesaurus in my bookcase but use it less and less these days.
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