Originally published at: Website that helps you find a better word than "very" | Boing Boing
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I gave it “very pistol” and it suggested “flare gun”.
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If you try “very + very” you get
ERROR! INFINITE LOOP! ABORT!
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“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” – Mark Twain
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It wants me to say frivolous instead of very silly, but those things are not very much not the same. This is very useless.
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Alluring
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I have a book that does the same thing; it’s called a thesaurus.
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Oh! A book a very similar words! That seems like it would be somewhat useful!
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Interesting, yet it falls out of a loop very rapidly. For example, “useless” → ‘futile’, then “futile” → ‘Not yet added’.
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Since saying “very” is apparently gauche, I believe you mean “A book of Not Yet Added words”.
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The site is currently caged.
Very limited
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I think I want to make a site that improve one’s writing by substituting “fucking” for very
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It had no suggstions for “very + sesquipedalian”.
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Quite useful, I agree. I mean really, really useful.
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functional
practical
utilitarian
helpful
serviceable
beneficial
advantageous
worthwhile
profitable
gainful
productive
constructive
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That’s an exceptionally long list.
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