Let's help Farsight come up with other adjectives!

The Doctor

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When TPA first came out they talked about the "legendary" pat lawlor... but then they also went on to call steve ritchie and barry oursler "legendary." Now.. I'm not saying they aren't legendary... but can't we use other adjectives to describe them?

Here's a few:

amazing
spectacular
preeminent
master
 

Absynthetik0

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When TPA first came out they talked about the "legendary" pat lawlor... but then they also went on to call steve ritchie and barry oursler "legendary." Now.. I'm not saying they aren't legendary... but can't we use other adjectives to describe them?

Here's a few:

amazing
spectacular
preeminent
master

=O I Can't believe the Doctor suggested "master"!
 

Sean DonCarlos

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Mar 17, 2012
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When speaking of "legendary" but still living heroes-to-a-niche-audience, I have always enjoyed the term inimitable.
But don't use the word inimitable when speechwriting, as your speaker is likely to read it as intimate, which is only funny for the audience. I speak from experience.
 

Richard B

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Here's what a Thesaurus says are acceptable alternatives:
allegorical, apocryphal, created, customary, doubtful, dubious, fabled, fabricated, fabulous, fanciful, figmental, handed-down, imaginary, imaginative, improbable, invented, mythical, mythological, related, romantic, storied, told, traditional, unhistoric, unhistorical, unreal, unverifiable.

Words that Sell ( essentially a copywriter's thesaurus) gives some that could actually be used:
top-ranking, iconic, landmark, unrivaled, unmatched, unequaled, unexcelled, unsurpassed, unparalleled, and incomparable.
 

Sinistar

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These guys were pioneers of pinball , so something along the lines of pioneering , and or trailblazers . Maestro is fitting.
 

Brandon Debes

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But don't use the word inimitable when speechwriting, as your speaker is likely to read it as intimate, which is only funny for the audience. I speak from experience.

Ha ha ha, I'll bet that is a fun story! So you're a professional speechwriter then? That is on my short list of dream jobs.
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Sean DonCarlos

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Ha ha ha, I'll bet that is a fun story! So you're a professional speechwriter then? That is on my short list of dream jobs.
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No, I was helping a fraternity buddy revise his commencement address and rewrote a few passages. My vocabulary momentarily outran his on-the-fly cognitive processing and he read "the inimitable experience" as "the intimate experience" onstage. Was quite confused why the audience suddenly was rolling off their chairs laughing. Ever since then, I've been a little more careful about word choice.

I do architectural and theatrical lighting control as my real job, with a side of coding just to keep my skills up from my previous life as a software developer.
 

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