A synonym for &quot;synonym&quot; &mdash; GenX &mdash; The Spring BBS Archive

~wer Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (13:37) seed

Let's develop one. Suggestions, everyone?

~terry Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (14:04) #1

slimabup

~autumn Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (22:39) #2

pareilism

~terry Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (01:06) #3

simsim

~KitchenManager Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (01:25) #4

equivalism

~KitchenManager Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (01:27) #5

identicanym

~KitchenManager Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (01:29) #6

(aside: here's your domain name list, Terry...)

~riette Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (04:58) #7

seSAMEy

~KitchenManager Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (12:33) #8

rogche

~KitchenManager Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (12:34) #9

thesaurunym

~riette Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (13:32) #10

anti-anti

~KitchenManager Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (14:09) #11

autumnism

~riette Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (01:45) #12

Did you see that, Autumn? Sounds like a compliment to me!

~terry Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (09:16) #13

rietteonym

~riette Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (10:48) #14

Afraid that's a contradiction in terms, Terrilym.

~terry Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (22:07) #15

Anyone check out the visual theasaurus I mentioned earlier in the topic? It's pretty awesome.

~autumn Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (22:24) #16

Not in this topic, Terry--maybe it was porch??

~terry Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (00:23) #17

Must have been.

~KitchenManager Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (00:35) #18

'twas!

~riette Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (02:04) #19

'tis!

~KitchenManager Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (08:51) #20

'tshallbe!

~KitchenManager Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (09:08) #21

similarium

~riette Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (09:31) #22

Sounds like a fish bowl, that one!

~terry Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (10:30) #23

nymosym

~riette Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (12:20) #24

ha-ha! sameolthing

~terry Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (12:21) #25

syn

~riette Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (12:29) #26

nym

~terry Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (14:13) #27

ymn

~riette Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (14:37) #28

yum!

~stacey Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (15:00) #29

verbachum likenism matchieonym

~terry Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (15:32) #30

sim&ms

~KitchenManager Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (23:44) #31

my vote so far is for the matchieonym... (hiya, Stace!) alternarealitynym

~KitchenManager Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (23:45) #32

alternagram

~riette Tue, Jul 28, 1998 (01:40) #33

twin

~stacey Tue, Jul 28, 1998 (01:40) #34

(hiya WER!)

~autumn Tue, Jul 28, 1998 (01:40) #35

"similarium" sounds like a place where synonyms live!

~KitchenManager Tue, Jul 28, 1998 (01:40) #36

kinda like a definition co-op?

~riette Wed, Jul 29, 1998 (06:17) #37

Yes, and then of course there are oppolariums, homolariums, you name it!

~KitchenManager Tue, Dec 15, 1998 (23:30) #38

Do we have a consensus on a suitable synonym yet, or we gonna accept all of the above as synonyms for "synonym"?

~autumn Tue, Dec 15, 1998 (23:49) #39

They're all valid! Let's enter them in the Thesaurus. Which brings up an interesting question...what's another word for Thesaurus?

~KitchenManager Wed, Dec 16, 1998 (09:47) #40

hmmm...

~PT Wed, Dec 16, 1998 (16:23) #41

Lexicon?

~autumn Fri, Dec 18, 1998 (22:59) #42

I think of that as a synonym for dictionary.

~PT Sat, Dec 19, 1998 (12:52) #43

I will have to look it up. I did not think it was as generic as "dictionary".

~PT Sat, Dec 19, 1998 (16:17) #44

Well, Autumn, we are both right. Lexicon is a synonym for dictionary and thesaurus. In fact, the second definition of thesaurus, is dictionary.

~autumn Sat, Dec 19, 1998 (16:17) #45

That is surprising! The type of thesaurus I've always used doesn't give definitions, other than a "shared meaning element." Pretty vague and not what I would rely on to get the nuance of a word, myself.

~KitchenManager Sat, Dec 19, 1998 (16:17) #46

that's true, for true nuance I usually rely on Jim...

~wolf Mon, Dec 28, 1998 (12:09) #47

me, too!

~jgross Mon, Dec 28, 1998 (21:16) #48

I've got an idea. Not the only meaning, but one meaning for 'lexicon' listed in this dictionary I'm looking at, says, "the vocabulary of a language, an individual speaker or group of speakers, or a subject". Let's say the subject is 'synonym'. Then 'lexicon' could be listed as part of a vocabulary of 'synonym'. Let's say the subject is 'paint'. Then 'brush' could be listed as part of a vocabulary of 'paint'. But 'brush' is not a synonym for 'paint'. 'Vocabulary' is different from 'synonym', although words in a vocabulary could be synonyms. Looks, with this particular meaning, like synonyms are a kind of vocabulary. Maybe synonyms are a kind of lexicon, like maybe antonyms are a kind of lexicon. I would look at it like 'lexicon' is too general a word to fit into a list of synonyms for synonym, similar to how the word vocabulary would be too general for fitting on that list, like how astronomy is too general to fit on a list of synonyms for solar system. But that's looking at only one meaning of lexicon. And this is only one person's viewpoint. Please recall, my viewpoint is a cough of steam rising in the mist of (mis)de(mean)or.

~wolf Tue, Dec 29, 1998 (10:33) #49

thank you for clearing that up for all of us, jim, we knew we could count on you!