up:: [[Word Excursion]] > [!NOTE]+ Notes on this note > This is a sanitized version of my actual note. > - Some content and links have been removed. # Using the thesaurus to generate ideas *Let's treat words like ideas* This is an example of using something as fundamental as WORDS to generate ideas and opinions. - **Belated**: on time - Ant: punctual — CI: 820 - Birthday. This makes me think of...Facebook and birthday notifications. - [[Facebook does a lot of harm]]. - [[By amplifying the most emotionally-charged posts, Facebook contributes to actual violence]]. - **Exhaustive**: no stone unturned, all-encompassing, encyclopedic — 531, 772 - Exhausting, tired, - Wikipedia is fairly exhaustive. It's funny how teachers said not to use it, but now everyone uses it. I guess a question, how do we verify sources? - **Quickly**: briskly, rapidly, swiftly — CI: 588, 799 - Agility, time goes quickly - The funny thing about quickly, is that it's never quick enough. [[We chronically underestimate how long something takes]].