roget

name

1. A surname.

verb

1. (nonstandard)To use a thesaurus; to look for synonyms; to suggest synonyms.

   “In fact many times we can hear the clatter of the thesaurus Rogeting to the rescue.”

   “... the deep waters of English, including 29 pages out-Rogeting Roget with synonyms for "drunk".”

2. (nonstandard)To use or to mention synonyms; (often) to replace words in a text with synonyms in order to disguise plagiarism.

   “Mr Sadler added that he had “seen quite a bit” of “Roget-ing”, which he described as “disguising plagiarism by substituting synonyms, one word at a time with no attempt to understand either the source or target text”.”

   “Usually it's not, as it's only key words that are Rogeted, so the rest of the sentence gets flagged.”

   “We discuss methods of identifying Rogeted text, concluding with practical recommendations for educators about how to better support student writers so they can avoid Rogeting in favour of developing their writing skills.”