Dictionaries and Thesaurii.

[theundeadhero]

Oh heck no! You ain't gettin' a piece of <i>this</i> tale, rexxy!

[NeoTifa]

i like words in other languages. i love to expand my foreign vocublary

Posting a foreign version of a word that is censored on the forums is close enough to going around the swear filter. Some of us speak German fluently ~hero

[Quindiana Jones]

i like words in other languages. i love to expand my foreign vocublary

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Fixed.

[Peegee]

DocFrance is that you? He made the same thread. Did DF join EoFF?

I tend to use vernacular when vocabulary is sufficient.

[Ouch!]

I missed profanity in Deutsch? Bummer.

I like the thesaurus, but I rarely use it unless I feel that I'm using a particular word excessively and want to find an alternative. I'm not a fan of using the thesaurus to find more complex words; I think that when one's vocabulary appears too verbose, he begins to look like an absolute moron. Thesauruses, especially online ones, are often inaccurate anyway because they will list words with similar meanings which may not function properly in the context in which they appear. More often than not, I find myself cross-referencing words I find in a thesaurus with a dictionary just to be sure it still fits the context. The dictionary for Macs, which references the New Oxford American Dictionary, the Oxford Writer's American Thesaurus, Apple Dictionary, and Wikipedia makes this task infinitely easier and more efficient.

[Vincent, Thunder God]

I will look up any word I can't estimate the context and meaning of.

"Esoteric" is one word I looked up I hope to use more.

I will only use the thesaurus if I'm really stumped for an extremely esoteric way of writing, increasing the quality of my prose.

[Resha]

Dictionary.com word of the day does it for me! Not that I remember half the words. I find it difficult to remember new words unless I can -- really use them. USE THEM. Otherwise it just becomes empty vocabulary.

But this favourite word business reminds me of that UK Channel 4 thing.