Definition of "Roget"

Roget¹

proper noun
1. A surname.

Roget²

verb
third-person singular simple present Rogets, present participle Rogeting, simple past and past participle Rogeted
1. (nonstandard) To use a thesaurus; to look for synonyms; to suggest synonyms.
  Quotations
  In fact many times we can hear the clatter of the thesaurus Rogeting to the rescue.
  1931, Joseph Daly, Mencken and Einstein look at religion‎, page 6
  ... the deep waters of English, including 29 pages out-Rogeting Roget with synonyms for "drunk".
  1983, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Mark Lemon, Punch - Volume 285, page 17
2. (nonstandard) To use or to mention synonyms; (often) to replace words in a text with synonyms in order to disguise plagiarism.
  Quotations
  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”.
  2014 August 7, Jack Grove, “Sinister buttocks? Roget would blush at the crafty cheek”, in Times Higher Education‎
  Usually it's not, as it's only key words that are Rogeted, so the rest of the sentence gets flagged.
  2015 February 7, Dr Pete Etchells, “Plagiarism: Copy, Paste, Thesaurus? [comment]”, in Discover Magazine: Neuroskeptic blog‎, archived from the original on 21 February 2017
  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.
  2021, Azimeh Takrimi, Sarah Elaine Eaton, “Exploring Rogeting: Implications for academic integrity”, in Canadian Perspectives on Academic Integrity, volume 4, page 110

Definition of "Roget"

Roget1

proper noun

Roget2

verb

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Roget¹

Roget²