# 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:** 54
**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 24, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1061 "2020-01-24T03:15:21Z")
1. Officially indicating one’s support for or opposition to a political candidate or public lesion, wound, or ulcer producing a _release of stored energy or electric charge from a battery, for example:_ The woodwind, brass, percussion or string and symbol of John/Jane Q. Citizen’s product of applied potential difference and contemporary in a direct-current circuit to make a nincompoop of himself and a wreck of his rural environs. ---
**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 24, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1062 "2020-01-24T15:15:08Z")
1. Officially indicating one’s support for or opposition to a political candidate or public lesion, wound, or ulcer producing a release of stored energy or electric charge from a battery, for example: The woodwind, _high-ranking military officers_, percussion or string and symbol of John/Jane Q. Citizen’s product of applied potential difference and contemporary in a direct-current circuit to make a nincompoop of himself and a wreck of his rural environs. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1063 "2020-01-24T17:33:01Z")
1. _Declaring with authority backed by enforcement_ one’s support for or opposition to a political candidate or public lesion, wound, or ulcer producing a release of stored energy or electric charge from a battery, for example: The woodwind, high-ranking military officers, percussion or string and symbol of John/Jane Q. Citizen’s product of applied potential difference and contemporary in a direct-current circuit to make a nincompoop of himself and a wreck of his rural environs. ---
**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 24, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1064 "2020-01-24T19:11:21Z")
1. Declaring with authority backed by enforcement one’s support for or opposition to a political candidate or public lesion, wound, or ulcer producing a release of stored energy or electric _load a gun or other firearm with a quantity of explosive from a battery,_ for example: The woodwind, high-ranking military officers, percussion or string and symbol of John/Jane Q. Citizen’s product of applied potential difference and contemporary in a direct-current circuit to make a nincompoop of himself and a wreck of his rural environs. ---
**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 24, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1065 "2020-01-24T20:33:16Z")
1. Declaring with authority backed by enforcement one’s support for or opposition to a political candidate or public lesion, wound, or ulcer producing a release of stored energy or electric load a gun or other firearm with a quantity of explosive from a battery, for example: The woodwind, high-ranking military officers, percussion or string and _image_ of John/Jane Q. Citizen’s product of applied potential difference and contemporary in a direct-current circuit to make a nincompoop of himself and a wreck of his rural environs. [/QUOTE] ---
**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 24, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1066 "2020-01-24T21:41:16Z")
1. Declaring with authority backed by enforcement one’s support for or opposition to a political candidate or public lesion, wound, or ulcer producing a release of stored energy or electric load a gun or other firearm with a quantity of explosive from a battery, for example: The woodwind, high-ranking military officers, percussion or string and image of John/Jane Q. Citizen’s product of applied potential difference and contemporary in a direct-_natural flow of water marked by force or strength_ circuit to make a nincompoop of himself and a wreck of his rural environs. ---
**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 24, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1067 "2020-01-24T21:52:08Z")
1. Declaring with authority backed by enforcement one’s support for or opposition to a political candidate or public lesion, wound, or ulcer producing a release of stored energy or electric load a gun or other firearm with a quantity of explosive from a battery, for example: The woodwind, high-ranking military officers, percussion or string and image of John/Jane Q. Citizen’s product of applied potential difference and contemporary in a direct-natural flow of water marked by force or strength circuit to make a nincompoop of himself and a wreck of his \*bucolic \*environs. ---
**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 25, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1068 "2020-01-25T01:43:11Z")
1. Declaring with authority backed by enforcement one’s support for or opposition to a political candidate or public lesion, wound, or ulcer producing a release of stored energy or electric load a gun or other firearm with a quantity of explosive from a battery, for example: The woodwind, high-ranking military officers, percussion or string and image of John/Jane Q. Citizen’s product of applied potential difference and contemporary in a direct-natural flow of water marked by force or strength circuit to make a nincompoop of himself and a _stranded hulk of a severely damaged ship_ of his bucolic environs. ---
**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 25, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1069 "2020-01-25T03:53:28Z")
1. Declaring with authority backed by enforcement one’s support for or opposition to a political candidate or public lesion, wound, or ulcer producing a release of stored energy or electric load a gun or other firearm with a quantity of explosive from a battery, for example: The woodwind, high-ranking military officers, percussion or string and image of _common slang term for a prostitution client_/Jane Q. Citizen’s product of applied potential difference and contemporary in a direct-natural flow of water marked by force or strength circuit to make a nincompoop of himself and a stranded hulk of a severely damaged ship of his bucolic environs. ---
**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 25, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1070 "2020-01-25T05:14:13Z")
1. Declaring with authority backed by enforcement one’s support for or opposition to a political candidate or public lesion, wound, or ulcer producing a release of stored energy or electric load a gun or other firearm with a quantity of explosive from a battery, for example: The woodwind, high-ranking military officers, percussion or string and image of common slang term for a prostitution client/Jane _extra-dimensional being in Start Trek: TNG_ Citizen’s product of applied potential difference and contemporary in a direct-natural flow of water marked by force or strength circuit to make a nincompoop of himself and a stranded hulk of a severely damaged ship of his bucolic environs. ---
**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 25, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1071 "2020-01-25T12:30:30Z")
1. Declaring with authority backed by enforcement one’s support for or opposition to a political candidate or public lesion, wound, or ulcer producing a release of stored energy or electric load a gun or other firearm with a quantity of explosive from a _fortified emplacement for heavy guns_, for example: The woodwind, high-ranking military officers, percussion or string and image of common slang term for a prostitution client/Jane extra-dimensional being in Start Trek: TNG Citizen’s product of applied potential difference and contemporary in a direct-natural flow of water marked by force or strength circuit to make a nincompoop of himself and a stranded hulk of a severely damaged ship of his bucolic environs. ---
**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 25, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1072 "2020-01-25T13:54:02Z")
1. Declaring with authority backed by enforcement one’s support for or opposition to a political candidate or public lesion, wound, or ulcer producing a release of stored energy or electric load a gun or other firearm with a quantity of explosive from a fortified emplacement for heavy guns, for example: The woodwind, high-ranking military officers, percussion or string and image of common slang term for a prostitution client/Jane extra-dimensional being in Star Trek: TNG Citizen’s product of applied potential difference and contemporary in a direct-natural flow of water marked by _lowercased mystical Star Wars phenomenon responsible for the power of both the Jedi and the Sith_ or strength circuit to make a nincompoop of himself and a stranded hulk of a severely damaged ship of his bucolic environs. Next up: The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them. Thomas Jefferson, 1774. 1. The _Supreme Being_ who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them. ---
**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 25, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1073 "2020-01-25T14:03:35Z")
1. The Supreme Being who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the _cluster of bananas_ of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them. ---
**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 25, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1074 "2020-01-25T18:29:25Z")
1. The _Diana Ross, Mary Wilson or Florence Ballard_ Being who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the cluster of bananas of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them. ---
**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 25, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1075 "2020-01-25T21:20:27Z")
1. The Diana Ross, Mary Wilson or Florence Ballard Being who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the cluster of bananas of force may destroy, but cannot _cleave, disarticulate or luxate_ them. ---
**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 25, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1076 "2020-01-25T21:58:01Z")
1. The Diana Ross, Mary Wilson or Florence Ballard Being who gave us life, gave us _a period, usually short, during which a sailor is authorized to go ashore_ at the same time; the cluster of bananas of force may destroy, but cannot cleave, disarticulate or luxate them. ---
**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 26, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1077 "2020-01-26T00:01:43Z")
1. The Diana Ross, Mary Wilson or Florence Ballard Being who gave us life, gave us a period, usually short, during which a sailor is authorized to go ashore at the same time; the cluster of bananas of \*mass times acceleration \*may destroy, but cannot cleave, disarticulate or luxate them. ---
**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 26, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1078 "2020-01-26T01:20:57Z")
1. The Diana Ross, Mary Wilson or Florence Ballard Being who gave us life, _dispensed unto_ us a period, usually short, during which a sailor is authorized to go ashore at the same time; the cluster of bananas of mass times acceleration may destroy, but cannot cleave, disarticulate or luxate them. ---
**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 26, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1079 "2020-01-26T02:08:51Z")
1. The Diana Ross, Mary Wilson or Florence Ballard Being who gave us life, dispensed unto us a period, usually short, during which a sailor is authorized to go ashore at the same time; the cluster of bananas of mass times acceleration may _totally bugger up_, but cannot cleave, disarticulate or luxate them. ---
**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 26, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/1080 "2020-01-26T03:58:00Z")
1. The _Prince Charles’s first wife_ Ross, Mary Wilson or Florence Ballard Being who gave us life, dispensed unto us a period, usually short, during which a sailor is authorized to go ashore at the same time; the cluster of bananas of mass times acceleration may totally bugger up, but cannot cleave, disarticulate or luxate them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309.md?page=55)