This is your reminder that thesaurus dot com is (almost certainly) using AI to generate thesaurus entries, and you should, if you can, use Merriam Webster to avoid accidentally destroying the planet via the fuckery machine.
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Delilah S. Dawson
We now live in a world where I, a novelist, can no longer keep an open tab for thesaurus dot com because they autoplay video ads. I was immersed in chapter seven when an ad somehow broke through AdBlock Plus to scream at full volume. I hate, despise, and abhor this.
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I have also long ago switched from AdBlock to uBlock origin.
uBlock has this behaviour detector in it to block sudden videos.
*yes, bsky dictionary, that IS a perfectly cromulent** word.
**so is that
Been happy with https://wordhippo.com since then.
https://bsky.app/profile/courtneymilan.com/post/3l4lwvra6r22e
I would say that it's priceless now, but I suspect I couldn't make it out.
The 4-up (4 pages printed on one) version came with a magnifying glass. The 9-up comes with a magnifier that looks like a crystal ball so you can divine the definition.
Anyway thanks for sharing this, now I know and can avoid.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Thesaurus:entity is ~good~ but cumbersome...
http://jsomers.net/blog/dictionary?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Also if folks like physical books, but don't want a whole thesaurus, the "Synonym Finder" is a great book where you can look up a word, and find synonyms minus definitions, so it's a great (and hefty) quick reference.
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I want that label now, & I know it's going to piss off so many shady companies using AI to generate garbage content for them
https://notbyai.fyi/
You are officially cool with me. 😎 👍 😁
It works great for me most of the time but whenever I’m looking for words that are even slightly spicy (or jargon, or rude things) it completely drops the ball. Look at the synonyms it shows for dick or cock… even bosom has no boobs connection. Fuck? No synonyms.💀
Thesaurus dawt com has gone downhill in the past 2 years so now I've gone analog
I find myself saying that too.
Like we need to apologise for the fact that tech is often disappointing and analogue is better.
The owner for those sites is, mmm, not actually in the words business.
https://zirk.us/@grammargirl/112261020631443166
I had a recent experience that wasn’t nearly as bad as the decaf example but it still wasn’t good. I thought i was just having an off day though.
Didn't they already have a database of words and meanings? Why would they NEED "AI"?
It seems like they went from a solved, paid-for solution to a much less useful and more expensive one!
And how much market competition could they really have had??
creditable, good, praiseworthy
celebrated, distinguished, famed, famous, honored, illustrious, notable, prominent, redoubtable, renowned & well-known than its predecessor.