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Thesaurus editor gets down and dirty with synonyms!
“I can imagine a lot of tabloid journalists giving thanks for the thesaurus when they're looking for colorful descriptions ... it's not just for writing learned pieces.”
-- Betty Kirkpatrick, who edited the first new edition in 11 years of Roget's Thesaurus, on the reference book's new entries. The updated dictionary of English synonyms now lists "dweeb," "saddo," "geek," "anorak" or "trainspotter" under boring person, and "Lunch box" and "dangly bits" under genitalia. Quoted by Reuters.

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		`Q U O T E--O F--T H E--D A Y` Thesaurus editor gets down and dirty with synonyms! “I can imagine a lot of tabloid journalists giving thanks for the thesaurus when they're looking for colorful descriptions ... it's not just for writing learned pieces.” -- Betty Kirkpatrick, who edited the first new edition in 11 years of Roget's Thesaurus, on the reference book's new entries. The updated dictionary of English synonyms now lists "dweeb," "saddo," "geek," "anorak" or "trainspotter" under boring person, and "Lunch box" and "dangly bits" under genitalia. Quoted by Reuters.