Answer: What is the correct usage of the different "lack of" and "abundance" synonyms?

[supercheesegirl]

What is the correct usage of the different "lack of" and "abundance" synonyms?If you've been reading this comm for a while, you probably know by now that English is a language that has lots of words that mean the same thing. It can be hard to get the precise meanings of different synonyms right. In this post, we'll look at the group of words that

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[wanted_a_pony]

Hmmm, it's always interesting to look at the details of words one thinks one knows. For example, I thought that plethora had a numerical turn of meaning, similar to myriad; but I didn't grasp the numerical connotation of paucity.

:: clucks tongue reprovingly at lazy self ::

[campylobacter]

I love the Firefly examples! You capture the sarcasm so well.

Very entertaining entry!

Paucity always reminds me of paunch, which is an overly big belly, and never gives me the correct visual mnemonic. :-)

Also, exiguous means "excessively scanty", which never fails to oxymoronically tickle my funnybone.