# 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:** 51
**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 18, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1001 "2020-01-18T10:15:50Z")
1. In some sort of ill-mannered faculty, as sight, hearing, effluvium, taste, or touch, which no vulgarity, no yukking it up, no overstatement can quite douse, quench or snuff out, the physicists have known _power of making choices that are neither determined by natural causality nor predestined by fate or divine will_ transgression of divine law; and this is an awareness which they cannot be taken to the cleaners. ---
**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 18, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1002 "2020-01-18T11:22:11Z")
1. In some sort of ill-mannered _teaching staff_, as sight, hearing, effluvium, taste, or touch, which no vulgarity, no yukking it up, no overstatement can quite douse, quench or snuff out, the physicists have known power of making choices that are neither determined by natural causality nor predestined by fate or divine will transgression of divine law; and this is an awareness which they cannot be taken to the cleaners. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1003 "2020-01-18T15:12:27Z")
1. In some sort of ill-mannered teaching staff, as sight, hearing, effluvium, taste, or touch, which no vulgarity, no yukking it up, no overstatement can quite douse, quench or snuff out, the physicists have known power of making choices that are neither determined by natural causality nor predestined by fate or divine will transgression of divine law; and this is an awareness which they cannot be taken to the _shop on the corner that refreshes items of clothing_. ---
**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 18, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1004 "2020-01-18T16:23:36Z")
1. In some sort of ill-mannered teaching staff, as sight, _a legal proceeding in which evidence is taken and arguments are given,_ effluvium, taste, or touch, which no vulgarity, no yukking it up, no overstatement can quite douse, quench or snuff out, the physicists have known power of making choices that are neither determined by natural causality nor predestined by fate or divine will transgression of divine law; and this is an awareness which they cannot be taken to the shop on the corner that refreshes items of clothing. ---
**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 18, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1005 "2020-01-18T20:38:50Z")
1. In some sort of ill-mannered teaching staff, as sight, a legal proceeding in which evidence is taken and arguments are given, effluvium, taste, or touch, which no \*obscenity, profanity or crassness \*, no yukking it up, no overstatement can quite douse, quench or snuff out, the physicists have known power of making choices that are neither determined by natural causality nor predestined by fate or divine will transgression of divine law; and this is an awareness which they cannot be taken to the shop on the corner that refreshes items of clothing. ---
**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 18, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1006 "2020-01-18T20:55:21Z")
1. In some sort of ill-mannered teaching staff, as sight, a legal proceeding in which evidence is taken and arguments are given, effluvium, _the ability to make discerning judgments about aesthetic, artistic, and intellectual matters_, or touch, which no obscenity, profanity or crassness , no yukking it up, no overstatement can quite douse, quench or snuff out, the physicists have known power of making choices that are neither determined by natural causality nor predestined by fate or divine will transgression of divine law; and this is an awareness which they cannot be taken to the shop on the corner that refreshes items of clothing. ---
**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 18, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1007 "2020-01-18T23:51:07Z")
1. In some sort of ill-mannered _pedagological_ staff, as sight, a legal proceeding in which evidence is taken and arguments are given, effluvium, the ability to make discerning judgments about aesthetic, artistic, and intellectual matters, or touch, which no obscenity, profanity or crassness , no yukking it up, no overstatement can quite douse, quench or snuff out, the physicists have known power of making choices that are neither determined by natural causality nor predestined by fate or divine will transgression of divine law; and this is an awareness which they cannot be taken to the shop on the corner that refreshes items of clothing. ---
**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 19, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1008 "2020-01-19T03:21:21Z")
1. In some sort of ill-mannered pedagological staff, as sight, a legal proceeding in which evidence is taken and arguments are given, effluvium, the ability to make discerning judgments about aesthetic, artistic, and intellectual matters, or touch, which no obscenity, profanity or crassness , no yukking it _in a direction opposite to the center of the earth or a comparable gravitational center,_ no overstatement can quite douse, quench or snuff out, the physicists have known power of making choices that are neither determined by natural causality nor predestined by fate or divine will transgression of divine law; and this is an awareness which they cannot be taken to the shop on the corner that refreshes items of clothing. ---
**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 19, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1009 "2020-01-19T12:44:55Z")
1. In some sort of ill-mannered pedagological staff, as sight, a legal proceeding in which evidence is taken and arguments are given, effluvium, the ability to make discerning judgments about aesthetic, artistic, and intellectual matters, or touch, which no obscenity, profanity or crassness , no yukking it in a direction opposite to the center of the earth or a comparable gravitational center, no overstatement can quite douse, quench or snuff out, the physicists have known power of _eeny meeny miny moe_ that are neither determined by natural causality nor predestined by fate or divine will transgression of divine law; and this is an awareness which they cannot be taken to the shop on the corner that refreshes items of clothing. ---
**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 19, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1010 "2020-01-19T13:17:23Z")
1. In some sort of ill-mannered pedagological staff, as sight, a legal proceeding in which evidence is taken and arguments are given, effluvium, the ability to make discerning judgments about aesthetic, artistic, and intellectual matters, or touch, which no obscenity, profanity or crassness , no yukking it in a direction opposite to the center of the earth or a comparable gravitational center, no overstatement can quite douse, quench or snuff out, the _learned philosophers of primal actions_ have known power of eeny meeny miny moe that are neither determined by natural causality nor predestined by fate or divine will transgression of divine law; and this is an awareness which they cannot be taken to the shop on the corner that refreshes items of clothing. ---
**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 19, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1011 "2020-01-19T13:38:01Z")
1. In some sort of ill-mannered pedagological staff, as _a device used to assist aim by guiding the eye, as on a firearm or surveying instrument,_ a legal proceeding in which evidence is taken and arguments are given, effluvium, the ability to make discerning judgments about aesthetic, artistic, and intellectual matters, or touch, which no obscenity, profanity or crassness , no yukking it in a direction opposite to the center of the earth or a comparable gravitational center, no overstatement can quite douse, quench or snuff out, the learned philosophers of primal actions have known power of eeny meeny miny moe that are neither determined by natural causality nor predestined by fate or divine will transgression of divine law; and this is an awareness which they cannot be taken to the shop on the corner that refreshes items of clothing. ---
**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 19, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1012 "2020-01-19T20:01:55Z")
1. In some sort of ill-mannered pedagological staff, as a device used to assist aim by guiding the eye, as on a firearm or surveying instrument, a legal proceeding in which evidence is taken and arguments are given, effluvium, the ability to make discerning judgments about aesthetic, artistic, and intellectual matters, or touch, which no obscenity, profanity or crassness , no yukking it in a direction opposite to the center of the earth or a comparable gravitational center, no overstatement can quite douse, quench or snuff out, the learned philosophers of primal actions have known power of eeny meeny miny _one of the Three Stooges_ that are neither determined by natural causality nor predestined by fate or divine will transgression of divine law; and this is an awareness which they cannot be taken to the shop on the corner that refreshes items of clothing. Next up: Now to what higher object, to what greater Character, can any Mortal aspire, than to be possessed of all this Knowledge, well digested, and ready at Command, to assist the feeble and Friendless, to discountenance the haughty and lawless, to procure Redress of Wrongs, the Advancement of Right, to assert and maintain Liberty and Virtue, to discourage and abolish Tyranny and Vice? (John Adams, writing about the law, 1759) 1. _At this present moment_ to what higher object, to what greater Character, can any Mortal aspire, than to be possessed of all this Knowledge, well digested, and ready at Command, to assist the feeble and Friendless, to discountenance the haughty and lawless, to procure Redress of Wrongs, the Advancement of Right, to assert and maintain Liberty and Virtue, to discourage and abolish Tyranny and Vice? ---
**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 19, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1013 "2020-01-19T22:26:55Z")
1. At this present moment to what higher object, to what greater Character, can any Mortal aspire, than to be possessed of all this Knowledge, well digested, and ready at Command, to assist the _decrepit, flabby, muted, craven_ and Friendless, to discountenance the haughty and lawless, to procure Redress of Wrongs, the Advancement of Right, to assert and maintain Liberty and Virtue, to discourage and abolish Tyranny and Vice? ---
**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 20, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1014 "2020-01-20T01:26:08Z")
1. At this present moment to what higher _thingamajig_, to what greater Character, can any Mortal aspire, than to be possessed of all this Knowledge, well digested, and ready at Command, to assist the decrepit, flabby, muted, craven and Friendless, to discountenance the haughty and lawless, to procure Redress of Wrongs, the Advancement of Right, to assert and maintain Liberty and Virtue, to discourage and abolish Tyranny and Vice? ---
**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 20, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1015 "2020-01-20T01:35:10Z")
1. At this present moment to what higher thingamajig, to what greater Character, can any Mortal aspire, than to be possessed of all this Knowledge, well digested, and ready at Command, to assist the decrepit, flabby, muted, craven and Friendless, to discountenance the _supercilious, the contemptible, those up themselves_ and lawless, to procure Redress of Wrongs, the Advancement of Right, to assert and maintain Liberty and Virtue, to discourage and abolish Tyranny and Vice? ---
**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 20, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1016 "2020-01-20T01:49:48Z")
1. At this present moment to what higher thingamajig, to what greater Character, can any Mortal aspire, than to be possessed of all this Knowledge, well _converted (food) into simpler chemical compounds that can be absorbed and assimilated by an organism,_ and ready at Command, to assist the decrepit, flabby, muted, craven and Friendless, to discountenance the supercilious, the contemptible, those up themselves and lawless, to procure Redress of Wrongs, the Advancement of Right, to assert and maintain Liberty and Virtue, to discourage and abolish Tyranny and Vice? ---
**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 20, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1017 "2020-01-20T02:33:32Z")
1. At this present moment to what higher thingamajig, to what greater Character, can any Mortal aspire, than to be possessed of all this Knowledge, well converted (food) into simpler chemical compounds that can be absorbed and assimilated by an organism, and ready at Command, to assist the decrepit, flabby, muted, craven and Friendless, to discountenance the supercilious, the contemptible, those up themselves and lawless, to procure Redress of Wrongs, the Advancement of Right, to assert and maintain Liberty and Virtue, to discourage and abolish Tyranny and _a metal tool with movable jaws typically attached to a workbench used to hold an object firmly in place_? ---
**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 20, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1018 "2020-01-20T03:39:04Z")
1. At this present moment to what higher thingamajig, to what greater Character, can any Mortal aspire, than to be possessed of all this Knowledge, well converted (food) into simpler chemical compounds that can be absorbed and assimilated by an organism, and ready at Command, to assist the decrepit, flabby, muted, craven and Friendless, to discountenance the supercilious, the contemptible, those up themselves and lawless, to procure Redress of Wrongs, the Advancement of Right, to assert and maintain Liberty and Virtue, to discourage and abolish _abusive, autocratic governance heedless of civil rights and the rule of law_ and a metal tool with movable jaws typically attached to a workbench used to hold an object firmly in place? ---
**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 20, 2020, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1019 "2020-01-20T09:52:21Z")
1. At this present moment to what higher thingamajig, to what greater Character, can any Mortal aspire, than to be possessed of all this Knowledge, well converted (food) into simpler chemical compounds that can be absorbed and assimilated by an organism, and ready at Command, to assist the decrepit, flabby, muted, craven and Friendless, to discountenance the supercilious, the contemptible, those up themselves and lawless, to procure Redress of Wrongs, the Advancement of Right, to assert and maintain _autarchy, emancipation, licence_ and Virtue, to discourage and abolish abusive, autocratic governance heedless of civil rights and the rule of law and a metal tool with movable jaws typically attached to a workbench used to hold an object firmly in place? ---
**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 20, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1020 "2020-01-20T11:43:21Z")
I’m sitting this one out until a shorter, simpler sentence is posted. The ones that start out long and complicated are not fun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309.md?page=52)