Thesaurus Day
January 18 · Level 1 · #2067 of 2238
Thesaurus Day marks the birthday of Peter Mark Roget, the man behind the best-known thesaurus in English. It celebrates the richness of words and the knack of finding the exact one for your thought.
How it is celebrated: word lovers swap tired phrases for livelier synonyms, play vocabulary games and enjoy hunting for a fresh way to say something familiar.
Roget was born on 18 January 1779 and trained as a physician, not a linguist. His famous thesaurus appeared in 1852, when he was 73 years old.