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Modern password generation with NLTK
Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 12 2011, 15:08:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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>>> import random
>>> random.seed()
>>> import nltk
>>> from nltk.corpus import wordnet as wn
>>> nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs = [list(wn.all_synsets(pos=POS)) for POS in [wn.NOUN, wn.VERB, wn.ADJ, wn.ADV]]
>>> def gen_phrase(*pattern): return [random.choice(i) for i in pattern]
>>> def phrase_to_string(phrase): return ' '.join(s.lemmas[0].name for s in phrase)
>>> def gen_password(): return phrase_to_string(gen_phrase(adverbs, adjectives, adjectives, nouns))
>>> gen_password()
'decidedly Noachian autoplastic bag_lady'
>>> gen_password()
'ad_val faithful regimented accordance'
>>> gen_password()
'familiarly votive empty Gadiformes'
>>> gen_password()
'universally surmountable wiry field_mouse'
>>> gen_password()
'deadpan bilingual grandiose oxygen_deficit'
>>> gen_password()
'flip-flap heterozygous unenlightened solitaire'
>>> gen_password()
'only piquant apart Massawa'
>>> gen_password()
'continuously forty-two coarse-haired Israel'
>>> gen_password()
'actually trigger-happy tactful cobia'
>>>
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