there is a phrase in scientific publishing where people plagiarize a paper but run it through a thesaurus to change certain words to make it less obvious. thing is, randomly picking things up from a thesaurus leads to what is called tortured phrases.
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PizzaFacia@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2y
“Sorry, boss. I am immersed in nature. I cannot take on any more projects.”
Hupf@feddit.de · 21 pts · 2y
Greetings, egg-sibling
Yokozuna@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y
I'm sending this to my old wetlands ecology professor and I'm almost certain she's going to print this out and hang it in her office.
drre@feddit.de · 12 pts · 2y
there is a phrase in scientific publishing where people plagiarize a paper but run it through a thesaurus to change certain words to make it less obvious. thing is, randomly picking things up from a thesaurus leads to what is called tortured phrases.
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midget247@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Torment executioners is a better name and I am using it forevermore
sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Torment Executioner is a great black metal band name.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
"Drain the nature immersion" doesn't quite feel the same.
Fixbeat@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 2y
nxdefiant@startrek.website · 10 pts · 2y
I am definitely going to use "let's not disturb the marshland".
Gork@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y
I'm fully submersed in that swampussy.
Makka@lemmy.one · 8 pts · 2y
This must be some sort of wetlander-humor
fnafdesktopfan111@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 2y
based and marsh pilled
TheBat@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Like that episode where Joey gets a thesaurus.
GluWu@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
Instead of: I dispose of bodies by feeding them the gators in my swamp
Say: I recycle and enrich nature
rhebucks-zh@incremental.social · 1 pts · 2y
Did Rogasen residents make this meme? Because the foundations of that town are muddy af.