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Roget
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English
Etymology 1
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Proper noun
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Etymology 2
Peter Mark +,+ing
Eponymous, named after Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869)'s 1805 thesaurus.
Verb
en nonstandard To use a thesaurus; to look for synonyms; to suggest synonyms.
en 1931 Joseph Daly Mencken and Einstein look at religion http://www.worldcat.org/title/mencken-and-einstein-look-at-religion/oclc/7313323 6 In fact many times we can hear the clatter of the thesaurus Rogeting to the rescue.
en 1983 Punch - Volume 285 Henry Mayhew; Tom Taylor; Mark Lemon 17 ... the deep waters of English, including 29 pages out-Rogeting Roget with synonyms for "drunk".
en nonstandard To use or to mention synonyms; en often to replace words in a text with synonyms in order to disguise plagiarism.
en August 7, 2014 Jack Grove Sinister buttocks? Roget would blush at the crafty cheek Times Higher Education https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/sinister-buttocks-roget-would-blush-at-the-crafty-cheek/2015027.article Mr Sadler added that he had “seen quite a bit” of “Roget-ing”, which he described as “disguising plagiarism by substituting synonyms, one word at a time with no attempt to understand either the source or target text”. https://web.archive.org/web/20261002060238/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/sinister-buttocks-roget-would-blush-at-the-crafty-cheek/2015027.article 2 October 2026
en February 7, 2015 Dr Pete Etchells Plagiarism: Copy, Paste, Thesaurus? [comment] Discover Magazine: Neuroskeptic blog http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2015/02/07/plagiarism-thesaurus/ Usually it's not, as it's only key words that are Rogeted, so the rest of the sentence gets flagged. 2 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170221222456/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2015/02/07/plagiarism-thesaurus/ 21 February 2017
en 2021 Azimeh Takrimi; Sarah Elaine Eaton Exploring Rogeting: Implications for academic integrity Canadian Perspectives on Academic Integrity 110 We discuss methods of identifying Rogeted text, concluding with practical recommendations for educators about how to better support student writers so they can avoid Rogeting in favour of developing their writing skills. 10.11575/cpai.v4i1.69770 4
Derived terms
en Rogetism
Related terms
en Rogetian
en Roget's
See also
en tortured phrase
Anagrams
en egort Grote Trego ergot etrog grote regot
en 2-syllable words
en Individuals
en eponyms