# Thesaurus **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 19, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309 "2016-07-19T12:24:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 41
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/801 "2019-12-31T21:19:17Z")
1. Should an ancient someone you know escape your memory and never _be recollected_? Should geezers of your acquaintance be forgot and days of old long since? For our salad days, my dear, for auld lang syne. We’ll take the cup o’ kindness up until the present or a specified or implied time for hella long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/802 "2019-12-31T21:23:14Z")
1. Should an ancient someone you know escape your memory and never be recollected? Should geezers of your acquaintance be \*expunged from the hippocampus \*and days of old long since? For our salad days, my dear, for auld lang syne. We’ll take the cup o’ kindness up until the present or a specified or implied time for hella long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/803 "2019-12-31T21:48:12Z")
1. Should an ancient someone you know escape your memory and never be recollected? Should geezers of your acquaintance be expunged from the hippocampus and days of old long since? For our salad days, my dear, for auld lang syne. We’ll _booze it up on_ kindness up until the present or a specified or implied time for hella long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/804 "2019-12-31T21:55:29Z")
1. Should an ancient someone you know escape your memory and never be recollected? Should geezers of your acquaintance be expunged from the hippocampus and days of old long since? For our salad days, my dear, for _back in the day_. We’ll booze it up on kindness up until the present or a specified or implied time for hella long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/805 "2019-12-31T22:13:28Z")
1. Should an ancient someone you know escape your memory and never be recollected? Should geezers of your acquaintance be expunged from the hippocampus and _24 hour periods_ of old long since? For our salad days, my dear, for back in the day. We’ll booze it up on kindness up until the present or a specified or implied time for hella long time ago. [It’s getting more and more difficult to sing this to the tune of Auld Lang Syne.] Edit: Looks like we missed #12 so I skipped to 13. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/806 "2020-01-01T00:03:02Z")
1. _Does the categorical imperative state that_ an ancient someone you know escape your memory and never be recollected? Should geezers of your acquaintance be expunged from the hippocampus and 24 hour periods of old long since? For our salad days, my dear, for back in the day. We’ll booze it up on kindness up until the present or a specified or implied time for hella long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/807 "2020-01-01T01:23:02Z")
1. Does the categorical imperative state that an ancient someone you know escape your memory and never be recollected? Should geezers of your acquaintance be expunged from the hippocampus and 24 hour periods of old long since? For our salad days, my _significant other_, for back in the day. We’ll booze it up on kindness up until the present or a specified or implied time for hella long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/808 "2020-01-01T06:01:35Z")
1. Does the categorical imperative state that an ancient someone you know escape your memory and never be recollected? Should geezers of your acquaintance be expunged from the hippocampus and 24 hour periods of old long since? For our salad days, my significant other, for back in the day. We’ll booze it up on _the quality of being gentle, caring and helpful,_ up until the present or a specified or implied time for hella long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/809 "2020-01-02T00:39:42Z")
1. Does the categorical imperative state that an ancient someone you know escape your memory and never be recollected? Should geezers of your _ken and conversance_ be expunged from the hippocampus and 24 hour periods of old long since? For our salad days, my significant other, for back in the day. We’ll booze it up on the quality of being gentle, caring and helpful, up until the present or a specified or implied time for hella long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/810 "2020-01-02T00:46:33Z")
1. Does the categorical imperative state that _a bygone_ someone you know escape your memory and never be recollected? Should geezers of your ken and conversance be expunged from the hippocampus and 24 hour periods of old long since? For our salad days, my significant other, for back in the day. We’ll booze it up on the quality of being gentle, caring and helpful, up until the present or a specified or implied time for hella long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/811 "2020-01-02T04:04:58Z")
1. Does the categorical imperative state that a bygone someone you know escape your memory and never be recollected? Should geezers of your _Barbie’s lowercased male friend_ and conversance be expunged from the hippocampus and 24 hour periods of old long since? For our salad days, my significant other, for back in the day. We’ll booze it up on the quality of being gentle, caring and helpful, up until the present or a specified or implied time for hella long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/812 "2020-01-02T05:04:51Z")
1. Does the categorical imperative state that a bygone someone you know escape your memory and never be recollected? Should geezers of your Barbie’s lowercased male friend and conversance be expunged from the hippocampus and 24 hour periods of old long since? For our salad days, my significant other, for back in the day. We’ll booze it up on the quality of being _nonabrasive_, caring and helpful, up until the present or a specified or implied time for hella long time ago. Let’s see how much we can augment, if not actually improve a classic: (Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini) 🙂 “He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad. And that was all his patrimony.” ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/813 "2020-01-02T13:18:15Z")
1. He _popped out of his momma_ with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad. And that was all his patrimony ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/814 "2020-01-02T13:26:32Z")
1. He popped out of his momma with a _lagniappe_ of laughter and a sense that the world was mad. And that was all his patrimony. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/815 "2020-01-02T15:16:09Z")
3\*. He popped out of his momma with a lagniappe of laughter and a sense that the world was _nuttier than a fruitcake_. And that was all his patrimony. \*2 got skipped ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/816 "2020-01-02T15:43:06Z")
1. He popped out of his _preggers old lady_ with a lagniappe of laughter and a sense that the world was nuttier than a fruitcake. And that was all his patrimony. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/817 "2020-01-02T16:00:39Z")
1. He popped out of his preggers old lady with a lagniappe of laughter and a sense that the world was nuttier than a fruitcake. And that was all his _belonging by ancient endowment_. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/818 "2020-01-02T16:03:59Z")
1. He popped out of his preggers old lady with a lagniappe of _guffawing_ and a sense that the world was nuttier than a fruitcake. And that was all his belonging by ancient endowment. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/819 "2020-01-02T16:28:57Z")
1. He popped out of his preggers old lady with a lagniappe of guffawing and a _premonition_ that the world was nuttier than a fruitcake. And that was all his belonging by ancient endowment. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/820 "2020-01-02T16:29:06Z")
1. He popped out of his preggers old lady with a lagniappe of guffawing and a premonition that the world was nuttier than a fruitcake. And that was all his belonging by ancient _penis size_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309.md?page=42)