The Thsrs, from Ironic Sans, is a new Thesaurus which only provides synonyms which are shorter than the word you entered. Why, after all, should we use a long word when a diminutive one will do? It can lead to some entertaining results, particularly since it doesn’t seem to be an exceptional thesaurus. It couldn’t find a synonym for ‘avenue’ for instance, when I consider street, road, lane and track all to be acceptable subsitutes.
My parents used to have a thesaurus which was called ‘The Synonym Finder’. Nobody else seemed to find it as funny as I did.

Circumbendibus became an instant favourite when I first came across it via its own circular route.
http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-VulgarTongue/c/circumbendibus.html
Street and Avenue in your address can mean several thousand pounds difference, not that it matters much today.
Tizzy
July 17, 2008 at 11:15 pm