The fossil design for our Thesaurus shirt (my personal favorite) was based on a lot of things. The head is from a raptor. The body is a human skeleton. I added spikes to the back of the neck just for fun. The coffee is Moab Trail, produced by Straw Ibis coffee, a nearby business. The book is just a book made of bones. Enjoy!

The thesaurus is one of the most powerful tools in the English language, serving as a bridge between precision and creativity. The English language is famously complex, filled with nuances, synonyms, and shifting meanings—and a thesaurus helps navigate that richness by offering precise alternatives that capture subtle distinctions in tone and intent. 

The first modern thesaurus was compiled by Peter Mark Roget in 1852, not as a list of definitions but as a catalog of ideas and synonyms, arranged conceptually rather than alphabetically. Roget, a physician and polymath, believed that organizing words by meaning would help writers find the exact expression they needed—whether for clarity, persuasion, or poetry. Unlike a dictionary, which defines words, a thesaurus groups them by semantic similarity, offering alternatives that capture subtle shades of tone and intent. Today, the thesaurus remains essential not only for writers and students but for anyone seeking to sharpen their language and enrich communication.