People have been giving film quotes the thesaurus treatment – 26 favourite, preferred, esteemed suggestions
Thursday was National Thesaurus Day, which presumably had you all excited, thrilled, electrified, enraptured and stirred, like we were. We celebrated with a challenge.
It’s #NationalThesaurusDay so we want to hear your favourite film quotes, but rewritten as if you’ve used a thesaurus.
We’ll start…
“You’re going to need a vaster vessel.”— The Poke (@ThePoke) January 18, 2024
As ever, you stepped up, so we’ve gathered some of the best responses for you to enjoy, appreciate, relish. We promise to stop doing that now.
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"It's 170.5km to our destination, we are fully fuelled but low on smokes. The nighttime is upon us…and we are still wearing sun protection devices". pic.twitter.com/7lHti5okPK
— Mike Holden (@MikeHolden42) January 18, 2024
2.
"Yipikayaa materfamilias fornicator" pic.twitter.com/ca4Izy6Dta
— Otto English (@Otto_English) January 18, 2024
3.
“You are only supposed to detonate the damned nuisance doors off!” https://t.co/SaKINh1Ghn pic.twitter.com/fXAicpUEwu
— Jamie (@jami0mckay) January 18, 2024
4.
'Louis, I muse this is the genesis of a pulchritudinous camaraderie.' pic.twitter.com/t8vMUDIVYo
— Amjad Khan (@SmartCircleComm) January 18, 2024
5.
A Martini, shaken, not agitated. pic.twitter.com/Mffu35D0zT
— Howard C Hughes (@bsd_junkie) January 18, 2024
6.
“If I say it’s safe to surf this sandy area by a body of water, Captain, then it’s safe to surf this sandy area by a body of water! Charlie don’t surf!” pic.twitter.com/amjMg2pW5H
— Angry People in Local Newspapers (@angrypiln) January 18, 2024
7.
"You continue to misappropriate that particular piece of the English language. I have been left with no choice but to reach the conclusion that our opinions on its meaning are divergent"
— Enough Of That Now (@AndyGilder) January 18, 2024
8.
I'll be returning forthwith. pic.twitter.com/tAA5D44kYL
— ROSPITALITY (@mr_bridger) January 18, 2024
9.
“To be candid, darling, I couldn’t give a hoot.” https://t.co/Cl1ci6Xk2R
— Paul (@paul939030) January 18, 2024
10.
Here’s inspecting you, juvenile https://t.co/xlRaNGJBvh
— John Sweeney (@silentsweeney) January 18, 2024
11.
Highways? For the destination we are heading to, we have no requirement of tarmac-based thoroughfares. pic.twitter.com/DsYmNV79Ro
— James McLaughlin (@JS_McLaughlin) January 18, 2024
12.
You believe I am mirthful. Do I gladden you!?"
— Barry (@barryoshea) January 18, 2024
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‘Yet the previous mentioned rise to one-and-ten’ pic.twitter.com/52n5Xkvvoc
— HenryS (@henryspil) January 18, 2024
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“Greet my diminutive acquaintance” pic.twitter.com/aCd6ulsN0l
— Manthos Kallios (@ManthosKallios) January 18, 2024