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My Thesaurus Made Me A Dinosaur!?

The Worst Kind of Reptile

By Kendall Defoe Published 2 years ago 1 min read
My Thesaurus Made Me A Dinosaur!?
Photo by Nate DeWaele on Unsplash

Note: I know that this is late for the dinosaur challenge, but I had the book staring at me under the dust and in the quietest place on my desk. I think that this makes its own sense...

- K.D.

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Me? A dinosaur?

Gone, has-been, kaput, fossil?

That sounds about right... :(

So right...

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  • Dharrsheena Raja Segarran2 years ago

    Hehehehehehehe this was a good one!

  • Sid Aaron Hirji2 years ago

    When I was a kid I thought a thesaurus was a type of Dino

  • John Cox2 years ago

    Loved this Kendall! A shout out to all of us thesaurus lovers!

  • Andrea Corwin 2 years ago

    Nice job, I loved it!

  • Judey Kalchik 2 years ago

    Everyone loves a thesaurus-rex

  • Luksi Bayou2 years ago

    Hilarious!!!! 😭

  • It is clever at that!

  • Dana Crandell2 years ago

    Now, this is clever! I tip my hat, sir!

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