fuddmain | Can we just retire "plethora"?

Can we just retire “plethora”?

yogisarah:

3 Amigos reblog!!

wellrespected:

nerdshares:

ekswitaj:

nerdshares:

Smart people of the world: I know you are smart. No need to use this word. Let me introduce my good friends, “many” and “several.”

Are we allowed to use it on occasion for alliteration’s sake?

I allow you. (Jokess!) I really mean it shouldn’t be a go-to word to prove your intelligence when a simpler word would work better. I could get on board with alliterative use if it’s sarcastic or satiric.

Would you say that I have a plethora of pinatas?

Plethora does have a slightly different meaning from many and several. Plethora is an excessive amount. That said, there is a small number of people (a paucity) who understand the difference.

Tagged: pedant plethora language

Posted on October 28, 2009 via Regina Cannot Explain It All with 100 notes

Source: nerdshares
1. carepoint reblogged this from nerdshares
2. -electronic-book-download liked this
3. loshare-mi-kontare liked this
4. tiffanysaegh liked this
5. kpwerker reblogged this from nerdshares
6. meganomalous liked this
7. thatsforsure liked this
8. susanfedynak liked this
9. fuckq reblogged this from nerdshares and added:
  
  haha. :] plethora. jubilee.
10. thatsforsure reblogged this from nerdshares and added:
  
  lets add “copious”...“abundance” to that list too.
11. eft liked this
12. littlefoxhole liked this
13. coffeeandtwee reblogged this from nerdshares
14. coffeeandtwee liked this
15. themarsresolution reblogged this from nerdshares and added:
  
  *Laughs nervously*...actually used this word two or three times in my Macbeth assignment....
16. julie911 liked this
17. cupcakesriots liked this
18. theindependentromantic liked this
19. gkojaz reblogged this from nerdshares
20. nilla liked this
21. momentary reblogged this from nerdshares
22. momentary liked this
23. mochanskittles reblogged this from nerdshares and added:
  
  when i’m feeling rather wordy….sometimes many...several just do not cut it!
24. mochanskittles liked this
25. valori reblogged this from nerdshares
26. mrpotatoes liked this
27. feelinggood liked this
28. sofiya liked this
29. jonmak reblogged this from nerdshares
30. melonsdang reblogged this from nerdshares and added:
  
  Can we just retire “plethora”?
31. whatson reblogged this from nerdshares
32. amentalmindfuck liked this
33. radarchive reblogged this from nerdshares
34. crabby-cakess liked this
35. nogreatillusion liked this
36. particularapparatus liked this
37. peegeethirteen reblogged this from andres and added:
  
  I prefer cornucopia myself.
38. tragos liked this
39. andres reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
  
  Plethora is meant to be used pejoratively: “there are a plethora of micro-blogging sites,” for instance. My snooty go-to...
40. sedatedd liked this
41. materialworld liked this
42. lenorebeadsman liked this
43. austinimus liked this
44. soupsoup reblogged this from nerdshares
45. kelseydoodle reblogged this from amomenttothink and added:
  
  SRSLY. Plethora = instant eyeroll.
46. amomenttothink reblogged this from nerdshares and added:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mTUmczVdik That is all
47. thelonglistofthingsthatsuck reblogged this from bingoparaphernalia and added:
  
  also, doesn’t everyone just use “plethora” as a little wink-wink to the quiet fans of “Three Amigos”? No? El Guapo?...
48. fuddmain reblogged this from yogisarah and added:
  
  Plethora does have a slightly different meaning from many and several. Plethora is an excessive amount. That said, there...
49. acrazymomslife liked this
50. kelsium liked this
51. Show more notesLoading...