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Reading this list, it almost seems like these were created by looking up each individual word in a thesaurus, which of course destroys much of the meaning. E.g
by zamfi 5y ago
Reading this list, it almost seems like these were created by looking up each individual word in a thesaurus, which of course destroys much of the meaning.
E.g.,
Signal -> flag
To -> to
Noise -> clamor
…and…
Data -> information
Warehouse -> stockroom
This would be a lot easier than running through multiple translation steps (as proposed elsewhere here).
- chc 5y agoThis exact process has been used by spammers for a long time now. It's called spinning, and it is basically the kind of thesaurus replacement you're describing here. When I read the OP, my impression was that these authors were running plagiarized portions of their articles through a similar kind of spinner.
- native_samples 5y agoNB: The paper itself describing this problem talks about the use of spinbot.com at the end.
- djmips 5y agospinbot Tortured Phrases -> "tormented expressions"