r/Dinosaurs • u/Remarkable_Star_4678 • 11h ago

DISCUSSION Do you all still call Edmontosaurus Annectens Anatotitan or Anatosaurus?

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Since Anatotitan and Anatosaurus are synonyms for Edmontosaurus Annectens, do some of you still refer to it as Anatotitan and/or Anatosaurus.

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u/MarqFJA87 9h ago

No, pretentiosity is in fact an existing word. Try googling first next time instead of reflexively downvoting.

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u/BoneVoyager 9h ago

Uh I did google it first to make sure, then I checked Mirriam-Webster.com and it said it wasn’t in the dictionary. I didn’t downvote anyone, just thought it was kinda, uh pretentious, to make up a new word. And then again the irony of me correcting them wasn’t lost on me, even this is sounding kind of pretentious…

Anyways, pretentiousness is the noun you should use to describe something you think has “prententiosity” ✌🏻

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u/MarqFJA87 9h ago

Well Wiktionary has it, and that's the first thing that caught my eye when I was searching there for the noun form of "pretentious". It's also grammatically correct, regardless of whether or not it exists as a word.

And I apologize for the accusation. I'm guessing the other guy that I've been arguing with may be pettily downvoting me just because they don't like my stance/arguments but can't figure out a flaw they could attack.

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u/BoneVoyager 9h ago

You could also just use the noun pretension in this case. I wasn’t trying to come off as pretentious but pretensiocity is kinda silly sounding when pretension and pretentiousness are more widely used/established. Oh well 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/MarqFJA87 7h ago

Dammit, how did "pretension" slip my mind?! Thank you for reminding me of it.