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.”
Can we just retire "plethora"?
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haha. :] plethora. jubilee.
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thatsforsure
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lets add “copious”...“abundance” to that list too.
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*Laughs nervously*...actually used this word two or three times in my Macbeth assignment....
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when i’m feeling rather wordy….sometimes many...several just do not cut it!
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I use it whenever possible. I have a lisp, so it’s a comedic device.
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Can we just retire “plethora”?
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I prefer cornucopia myself.
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Plethora is meant to be used pejoratively: “there are a plethora of micro-blogging sites,” for instance. My snooty go-to...
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“Myriad” has its uses, as long as the person using it knows how to do so.
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SRSLY. Plethora = instant eyeroll.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mTUmczVdik That is all
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also, doesn’t everyone just use “plethora” as a little wink-wink to the quiet fans of “Three Amigos”? No? El Guapo?...
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Plethora does have a slightly different meaning from many and several. Plethora is an excessive amount. That said, there...
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On this and all matters, The Three Amigos is exempt from censure.
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Would you say that I have a plethora of pinatas?
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“Plethora” will appear in the Awl’s next takedown of n+1, done in a dialogue style in which Tom Scocca is Keith Gessen...
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I’m not in favor of using the word “plethora.” It has always had the stigma of being a word used by people who want to...
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I don’t use plethora in my writing, but it feels good to say. You start out with a plosive and then you get not one, but...
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Who would think “plethora” would inspire such an impassioned defense? I cannot deprive someone who likens it to “a...
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I allow you. (Jokess!) I really mean it shouldn’t be a go-to word to prove your intelligence when a simpler word would...
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I will say that I’ve seen a few instances in which “utilize/d” worked better than “use/d.” I like “multitude,” mostly...
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it’s not about being pedantic! plethora is generally a fun word...favorite words usually...
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Bingo Paraphernalia: Can we just retire “plethora”? Quit hitting on me. Harlot.
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plethora is one of the greatest words ever. i ain’t retirin’ it from my vocabulary. ever.
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Noooo I like how it sounds like...sleeves of a tweed jacket rubbing against a blackboard....
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it on occasion for alliteration’s sake?
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kind of like “utilize.” And how about “myriad” or “multitude”?
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