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ship of thesaurus

a tactic often used by plagiarists in order to hide the fact that theyre plagiarizing

the ship of thesaurus takes an original text, and either switches the order of the words around, or uses synonyms and big, intelligent sounding words words to obfuscate the original text.
in a sentence
harris: dude you copied my essay
james: i switched the words around its fine
harris: classic ship of thesaurus argument

in action
chris: this game is good
filip: this playable experience is enjoyable
chris: kill yourself
by DackJaniels April 8, 2024
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