FOLDEROL

Folderol

°A decorative object of little value; a trifle or gewgaw.

15 May 2010

41 Points

Folderol? Terrific… Artwiculate's training us to tweet twaddle. o_O

23 Points

Folderol? Nonsense!

27 Points

Folderol, foofaraw & fribble: Top-3 things your average feral flibbertigibbet likes to finagle fellas into festooning her with …to keep her felicitous.

21 Points

Folderol? Gewgaw. EGADS!

BLOVIATE

Bloviate

°To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.

14 May 2010

26 Points

The Sandman needn't bloviate ~ 'Cause he's got tons of sand ~ Stay awake? He'll alleviate ~ U of your tweets - UR definitely out-manned!

33 Points

The early bird always bloviate-s about how huge & juicy the worms were that he got that a.m. What a lot of effluvial wind!!

17 Points

"Go bloviate it out your…" No, wait - that would just create major effluvium.

23 Points

Want me to bloviate that balloon up, for you? I've got plenty of hot air (or so I'm told)! ;)

20 Points

Ah, all U pompous fellows ~ Who blow hot air like bellows ~ We don't want 2 hear U bloviate ~ So, go BLOW - don't vociferate!

37 Points

Don't bloviate your own horn!

OSTENSIBLY

Ostensibly

°seemingly, apparently, on the surface.

13 May 2010

34 Points

Max was ostensibly endowed …or so he avowed. But once his redhead took stock, his 'manhood' was discovered to be mostly-sock.

[This tweet refers to tweep @MaxRaunchiness.]

25 Points

The bird who gets her worm at dawn is ostensibly an early bird …however, she's late, according to all of the other time-zones!

39 Points

I am, ostensibly, a bird. :)>

SVENGALI

Svengali

(n) : one who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially with reference to coaches, mentors or industry moguls

12 May 2010

22 Points

Your svengali tactics won't work on me: It's been tried by the best of them, on me, so I can see right through it, now!

26 Points

The early bird uses svengali techniques to lure the worms out, at dawn: Mesmerizing worm-charming, mostly.

16 Points

Sven's Galley? That's that new Nordic diner over on 3rd, right? We should go there, sometime. #artwiculate svengali

20 Points

As your svengali, I am directing all who view this tweet to vote for it at http://artwiculate.com/users/tWordBird. ... NOW!!;)

PANACEA

Panacea

(n) : a remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all; something that will solve all problems

16 May 2010

20 Points

Will the day ever come when computers come w/a panacea-protocol protection-program built-in? I need one NOW!!

26 Points

Origami: Panacea …or FOLDerol? :)

15 Points

The early bird discovered a panacea long, long ago (why do you think she's so motivated?!) …but she's not tweeting about it!

20 Points

Panacea or placebo? Does it matter …if it works?

15 Points

Twitter: panacea for the masses, modern snake-oil sales-vehicle for spammers.

15 Points

Artwiculate: panacea for the vocabulary- &/or ego-challenged? ;)

OBSTREPEROUS

Obstreperous

°Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous.

°Noisily and stubbornly defiant.

11 May 2010

29 Points

Her fashion sense was beyond loud - it was SO obstreperous that her friends turned her in to 'What Not to Wear'.

22 Points

The propinquity of obstreperous planes pierced the pulchritudinous peacefulness of the pastoral plantation.

18 Points

Milquetoast tweeps are obstreperous whilst they sleep.

27 Points

Obstreperous - the word contains its' own cure: Strep! ;)

18 Points

The obstreperous bowel tolls, toils AND soils for thee …with much effluvium! 

(MT @dmriver)

15 Points

Obstreperous??? HA!!!!!!! *phbbbbbt!*

21 Points

Obstreperous - Wayward of the Day

23 Points

Chihuahuas: Tiny epitomes of obstreperous-ness.

26 Points

The early bird is never obstreperous: It scares the worms away!

HOMOLOGATE

Homologate

°To confirm, ratify or approve, especially officially or legally.

10 May 2010

34 Points

Homologate? I approve! (I'll even validate & substantiate that, too!)

35 Points

Max wants a redhead to homologate ~ His raunchy line inviting a date ~ But she's only in the mood to repudiate.

21 Points

History's showed that one shouldn't conflate ~ Homologate-ing with Watergate!

25 Points

It was a gated community. EVERYthing had to be homologate-d via the homeowners committee.

20 Points

.@HereNowParkdale Really? Raillery? No need 2 homologate, then. Thx 4 the heads-up: My brain is mostly milquetoast. Or just plain toast! ;)

32 Points

So, to approve a gay marriage law, you'd homologate it? Is that idoneous, idiosyncratic, idyllic, ironic, oxymoronic …or just ineffable?

MILQUETOAST

Milquetoast

°meek, timid.

°A person of meek or timid disposition.

09 May 2010

[This word makes me hungry!]

16 Points

The milquetoast shall inherit the earth.

10 Points

Milquetoast tweet: ˆpǝǝp.ˆ

16 Points

The early bird's babies are definitely not milquetoast: Nope, regurgitated-worm-eaters all the way are they!! :)>

PERSIFLAGE

Persiflage

°Good-natured banter; raillery.

°Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic.

08 May 2010

18 Points

Artwiculati internet imbroglio: Pedantic pleonastic palaverous persiflage? ;)

22 Points

No pointed persiflage THIS time ☮Think I'll stick to more-taciturn rhyme ☮Already have an imbroglio ☮In my Artwic portfolio!☺

32 Points

What do you call a persiflage plumage propinquity-party? A mockingbird flock block-klatch.

28 Points

Uh-O: Persiflage? AGAIN??! I sense an impending imbroglio. I doubt the Artwiculati will remain taciturn. Fisticuffs may ensue!

IMBROGLIO

Imbroglio

(n) : a complicated situation; an entanglemen

07 May 2010

16 Points

Bad post-Cinco de Mayo hair day: Pelo imbroglio.

15 Points

There was an imbroglio in oleo at the seraglio …followed by a Turkish bath. Tickets were sold (you do the math).

17 Points

I have a strict policy against becoming embroiled in an imbroglio. 4get fisticuffs, 2: Give me a brusque infelicitous obloquy!

20 Points

Splash of dew on web ~ Imbroglio of fresh flies ~ Silk glue. Spider stew. 

#haiku #poetwist #artwiculate

20 Points

Crowe caws, "Got the goods!" ~ Imbroglio in the woods ~ Rich v. Robin Hoods'. 

#haiku #haikuthrowdown #artwiculate

PS This was a reference to the 2010 Robin Hood movie (starring Russell Crowe).

20 Points

Things turned taciturn ~ Hinky imbroglio turned ~ Cops turning their way.

#haiku #HaikuChallenge #artwiculate

32 Points

The imbroglio in the seraglio made the whores head for the doors.

24 Points

Imbroglio? Wasn't there one of those in the seraglio? Or is this déjà vu 2, like taciturn2?

TACITURN

Taciturn

°Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.

06 May 2010

Oops - 'Taciturn' disappeared before I captured it.

Perhaps that's quite idoneous ...considering both its' meaning AND the fact that it was the second-time-around, for it, on Artwiculate! :)

LACKADAISICAL

Lackadaisical

°Showing no interest or enthusiasm.

05 May 2010

16 Points

I do hope @SJHatzi doesn't think I'm being lackadaisical about wishing her a happy birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SILIA!!!!! :0)

[HAD to do that! Silia is an Artwiculate Queen as well as the queen of birthday-wishes on Salon Artwois!]

16 Points

Okay, yes I AM VERrrrrry late with this tweet, but the word for the day IS lackadaisical, right???!! ;)

[How idoneous, indeed - I actually nearly forgot to tweet, today (horrid, I know, but I've been so busy, & only got online again just-barely before the end of the game-day -- I'm surprised to have gotten any points at all)!

DILETTANTE

Dilettante

(n) : a person who enjoys the arts; an amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest

04 May 2010

26 Points

When it comes to #Artwiculate, I am an amateur ~ A dilettante, uninitiate, with hopes for raconteur. 

#poem

25 Points

The early bird's no dilettante: her singing is not some dabbling in a cultured pastime, but pure survival mixed with joie de vivre!

BILLET-DOUX

Billet-doux

(n) : a love letter

03 May 2010

17 Points

Snuggle into bed ~ Beneath a quilt stitched with love ~ Billet-doux blanket. 

#haiku #artwiculate #Goodnight

13 Points

A billet-doux sent by messenger dove ♥ Minute love-letter on the wings of love.

22 Points

He let out a raucous ballyhoo ~ After reading the love-swept billet-doux ~ He had no want to roll in the hay ~ 'Twas from a guy & he wasn't gay.

39 Points

Tiny hand-print ~ A billet-doux in clay ~ Sweetest sentiment ~ For Mother's Day.

30 Points

Oh @osmarjardim, my love for you's true ~ So here is your billet-doux: ~ I want to nest in your hairdo! ♥☺

[Osmar had a habit of frequently-changing do's, on his avatar, for some time. This tweet was an ode to that.]

18 Points

When love survives beyond the billet-doux  ♥✉  After the stationery's become stationary ♥✉ That love is truly true. (IB @harrarp)

[NOTE: IB stands for "Inspired By", in this case.]

23 Points

Modern-day digital billet-doux: Sexting.

29 Points

His billet-doux was breathtakingly effective. Unfortunately, it was later destroyed in a passion-embued emollient-spill.

24 Points

The early bird, she gets her worm ~ It's odd, but very true ~ That she prefers her worms w/dew ~ O'er any billet-doux! 

#poem

26 Points

Holy suh-weeetness, Batman - I just got a billet-doux! / I'll bet it was your provocative 'dance', when U were chafing, earlier.

15 Points

A billet-doux's only pedantics are pulchritudinous, & never wanders w/its' lust. It's also followed by emollients …as long as it's not glib.

29 Points

♥ Oh @artwiculate, we're so happy 2 ♥ Write sweet tweets about our deep love 4U! ♥ Here's your own Word-of-the-Day billet-doux. ♥

EMOLLIENT

Emollient

(n) : something which softens or lubricates the skin; anything soothing, or that makes something more acceptable

(adj) : soothing; mollifying

02 May 2010

21 Points

Emollient bull-balm: Oil of Olé!

13 Points

Mafia kingpin: "You know what to do. He needs the emollient treatment." / WHAT, Boss?" / "RUB HIM OUT!!"

[This one was a slightly-modified recycling of my winning tweet from "embrocation".]

12 Points

'Emollient'? Is that some reference to the fact that May happens to be …umm …'Self Stimulation' Month? o_O

25 Points

Holy chafing, Batman - do U have any emollient? My suit's rubbing me all the wrong ways!/OK, but U might try wearing some underwear, Robin.

29 Points

You know, I haven't won artwiculate in a lonnng time: Anybody got an emollient for my ego? …Or perhaps an embrocation or elixir, instead! ☺

GLIB

Glib

(adj) : having a ready flow of words but lacking accuracy or understanding; superficial; shallow; Smooth or slippery

01 May 2010

10 Points

Kudos 2 our ♛ Glib King, Asim (@asim7asim) - whose 'ku coup has left us beside ourselves: floating on the emollient acumen of his words! ★

34 Points

Glib waters run deep… right into a cesspool of BS.

20 Points

Glib? How'd you guess my middle name, @artwiculate?? ;)

34 Points

I don't mean to be glib, but …oh wait - yes I do! ;)

WANDERLUST

Wanderlust

°A strong impulse or longing to travel.

30 April 2010

11 Points

I long to one day journey ~ To the Eternal Beyond ~ This earth can't hold my wanderlust ~ 'Cause Heaven holds my bond. 

#poem

[Nope - I don't actually have any type of death-wish; that's just a spiritually-based thought/poem, just in case that's striking anyone the wrong way. ;) ]

50 Points

Oh for a sense of wanderlust ~ To fly like a leaf on wind's brisk gusts ~ With passion's awe & fairy-dust. 

#poem

[Yay - finally got some decent points on my li'l poem, here. :) ]

27 Points

The early bird will migrate for miles to get the matutinal worm. Short supply in her sector? Nope: wanderlust!

PEDANTIC

Pedantic

°Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.

°Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.

29 April 2010

11 Points

The pedantic may rule, on proprietary principles, but petrichor reigns on the redolence of rains. ☂

26 Points

The pedantic bird gets the worm because she always follows the matutinal rules of nature.

I can't recall if I tweeted more than 2 entries on this day... oh well.

The first tweet (above), I'm told, is now "in Best15 for AprilFornight-2 at http://artwicbest.wordpress.com/" - how nice (especially since I tweeted it very late in the day & it barely got any points on Artwiculate)! :)

ELISION

Elision

(n) : the deliberate omission of something; the omission of a letter or syllable between two words; sometimes marked with an apostrophe

28 April 2010

Yep, you guessed it: 'Elision' got cut from my Artwiculate page, too. How idoneous ...AND erroneous! :(

Ah, well. I'm not gonna cry about a bunch of spilt apostrophe's! At least it's not an Apocalypse! ;)

VULPINE

Vulpine

°Of, or pertaining to, the fox.

°Having the characteristics of a fox.

27 April 2010

Whoops - I wasn't foxy enough to save these from my Artwiculate page before they disappeared! :(

Oh well, none of mine made the top-50, anyway; & I'm too lazy to look them up in my stream, right now. :)

USURP

Usurp

°To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.

°To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.

26 April 2010

33 Points

Holy coup, Batman - it's the Usurp-er! / Actually Robin, that's the US-Urper. U might want to back up a bit. His barf's egregiously effluvial.

49 Points

BREAKING NEWS: The early bird did NOT get the worm, today! The nightingale usurp-ed her, & got the worm first!

41 Points

Which Artwiculati will usurp our current king? ~ What cleverness & wit will their tweet bring? ~ Oh the suspense! ~ They should charge sixpence! ☺

ASSEMBLAGE

Assemblage

(n) : a collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled

25 April 2010

17 Points

It's time to search for ~ Night's gathering assemblage ~ Sweet dreams within sheets. 

#haiku #haikuchallenge (search) #artwiculate #GoodNight

22 Points

2's a couple, 3's a love triangle, & an assemblage is just an all-out orgy. I'll stick w/2, thank you. 

#theprompt #artwiculate

17 Points

She had found the love of her life, Mr. Right …or so she thought …until she discovered his extensive, treasured assemblage of scat. Drat! ☹

20 Points

☝Due to the fact that the Library of Congress will be permanently storing EVERY tweet, in assemblage, all of my future tweets will be dull.

15 Points

Thanks - I appreciate your little assemblage of RT's! ;) @catmar604 @joeknaack @dsceiorg

27 Points

Ah, Imelda & her vast assemblage of shoes ~ Mercenary extreme …or a gal's right to choose? ;)

#poem #artwiculate

10 Points

.@JonPowles RE: Shoes - Maybe they weren't bought by an assemblage of individuals. Might've just been Imelda Marcos or Oprah.☺

25 Points

The Artwiculati: An assemblage of players of Artwiculate who've accumulated assemblages of top-tweets. ★

26 Points

Holy villains, Batman - it's an assemblage of all our nemeses! / GREAT: We can use our new egregiously-effluvial Bat Bomb, the Guano Grenade!

29 Points

The early bird never collects an assemblage of worms: Fresh is best, & they don't keep well (talk about an effluvial smell)!

POLYMATH

Polymath

°A person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.

24 April 2010

30 Points

As an early bird, Polly has no need of math other than worm-counting: She eshews polymath-y 4 her singular field of study …catching worms.

48 Points

Only a polymath would know that it has nothing to do with math or Polly. … A polymath, OR perhaps an Artwiculati! :)

DESULTORY

Desultory

(adj) : Leaping or skipping about; Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless

23 April 2010

15 Points

@LesMacDee Indeed you MIGHT need tissues! Blinded 2 tears by the bedazzlement & effluvium of my redolent infelicitous, desultory tweets, RU?

44 Points

The early bird's desultory hunt is ruled by scent, not scintilla - she doesn't need to be bedazzled, but likes worms which smell of vanilla.

30 Points

My synapses fire in infelicitous ways ~ Lighting up in bedazzled arrays ~ I tweet betwixt their desultory forays.

#poem #artwiculate #humor

28 Points

The early bird goes on a desultory peregrination every morning to get her worms.

INFELICITOUS

Infelicitous

°Unhappy or unfortunate.

°Inappropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done.

22 April 2010

35 Points

How infelicitous that parting now is nigh ~ I flit, I fly …"Bye-bye"! [*waving wings*]

#poem #micropoetry

30 Points

O dear, I have the hiccups! How infelicitous. *hic-tweet!* Then again, hiccups conflated w/effluvium would be more egregious!

44 Points

Effluvium is especially infelicitous if you're sequestered in a seraglio.

23 Points

Holy sausage-&-eggs, Batman - the fit of our superhero-suits is SO infelicitous!/MayB so, Robin, but they R aerodynamic & the girls luv 'em!

33 Points

Latter-day birds may be infelicitous, but the early bird is always annoyingly chirpy & prosperous.

EFFLUVIUM

Effluvium

°a gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one.

°a condition causing the shedding of hair.

21 April 2010

Oh cr@p, my effluvium dissipated. Too bad, it was quite the gas!

Then again, probably for the best, aye?! ;)

SERAGLIO

Seraglio

(n) : the palace of the Grand Seignior in Constantinople; the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in a Turkish Muslim household

20 April 2010

25 Points

Seraglio sororities may be subjugated, secretive & secluded, but sirs slip in-&-out sometimes, spasmodically …surpassingly-so.

10 Points

Sir Ragl: Yo! YOU da ho! Your seraglio ? What GALL, ya know?!

#poem #artwiculate #simplythetruth #dontbeshocked

22 Points

Seraglio : The Turkish troglodyte's den-of-iniquity.

31 Points

Erudite males use the term 'Seraglio' ~ To keep their activities on the down-low ~ 'Cause 'whorehouse' just sounds so depraved, you know.

17 Points

Seraglio?? Yep, you're definitely enjoying systemically vitiating us, with each successive WOTD, aren't you, @artwiculate?! ;)

http://artwiculate.com/words/seraglio

VITIATE

Vitiate

°to spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.

°to debase or morally corrupt.

19 April 2010

10 Points

Troglodyte virus ~ Computer fully caved in ~ Vitiated tech.

#haiku #artwiculate

10 Points

A hot-headed eruption ~ Can lead to world corruption ~ Volcano's ash can vitiate ~ So, peeps: Calm down - conciliate!

#poem

15 Points

My brain has been vitiate^d into Swiss cheese ~ Do not take my mental lapses personally, please.

#poem #micropoetry #artwiculate

16 Points

Holy perversions, Batman, it's that 'vitiate'-epitome, @MaxRaunchiness!/Let's make like flying troglodytes, Robin, or he'll make us cave!

15 Points

The early bird's been vitiated by the kiss of the sun's 1st rays & the promise of the enticing delight of fresh, juicy worms.

20 Points

I may be incorrigible, but if you try to vitiate me, you will fail. 

#artwiculate #SimplyTheTruth #DontBeShocked

Congrats to Paul (@pn8r of the "A Perendinator's Musings" blog) for the winning tweet!:

Only a corrupt referee could both officiate and vitiate a game at the same time!

~@pn8r

TROGLODYTE

Troglodyte:

°A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman.

°(by extension) Anything that lives underground.

18 April 2010

30 Points

At the bar, Wizen drank prune juice, Tergiversate wanted a waffle, & the brusque Troglodyte downed a bottle of Brut cologne. (MT @Ysabeluna)

30 Points

They got into a kerfuffle ~ In the middle of the night ~ 'Cause she told him a truffle ~ Was also a troglodyte.

#poem

30 Points

Say, may I be frank? ~ Regarding my troglodyte: ~ He's awesome, at night!

#haiku #haikuthrowdown (frank) #artwiculate

35 Points

I keep the locket ~ With my troglodyte's photo ~ Encaved in-pocket.

#haiku #haikuchallenge (pocket) #artwiculate

33 Points

Signs you might be dating a troglodyte: 1.) The petrichor of Eau de Damp-Cave smell precedes him.

31 Points

The troglodyte needs not tergiversate over which side of the fence he should spew his golden accolades, 2day. There is no fence in his cave.

45 Points

Modern troglodytes ~ Holed up in their office-caves ~ Before glowing screens. 

#haiku #artwiculate troglodyte

41 Points

The troglodyte, inured to the penumbra of his fire's shadows upon the cave's walls, is satisfied with the status quo. Me? No.

31 Points

Most ppl say, "Ugh! Troglodyte?~O, Hun, don't U want more?!" ~ I've no need 2 make 'em see the light ~ I don't find him a boor.

33 Points

Pulchritude & the Troglodyte : Beauty & the Beast

29 Points

Names of ex-husbands: Lummox, Philistine, Troll, Nemesis, Troglodyte & Oaf. ;)

31 Points

The winner of the reality-show 'Mole' contest was the troglodyte who tergiversated the best. His surprise prize? A hedgehog.

39 Points

The early bird always gets the troglodyte (since worms all live underground)!

32 Points

Contrary to popular belief, troglodyte^s are NOT extinct: modern men are still partial to their 'man caves' (i.e. garages/basements/dens)!

38 Points

Ah, yes, the Troglodyte : First-cousins to the Trolls, both related to the Lummox's & Philistines, if I recall correctly. ;)

http://artwiculate.com/words/troglodyte

TERGIVERSATE

Tergiversate

°To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate.

°To change sides or affiliation; to apostatize.

17 April 2010

25 Points

They think they're sly, deep ~ Those who tergiversate us ~ Shallow finaglers! 

#haiku #theprompt (shallow) #artwiculate

22 Points

He thinks he's so sly ~ To tergiversate, that guy ~ I say, "UGH!! Buh-BYE!!" 

#haiku #theprompt (sly) #artwiculate #poem

15 Points

The epitome ~ Of 'tergiversate' devoured ~ All their sanity.

#haiku #haikuthrowdown (devour) #artwiculate

17 Points

Smoke & garishness ~ Those who tergiversate things ~ Fog & foofaraw. 

#haiku #haikuchallenge (garish) #artwiculate

21 Points

Could I get some maple syrup w/those waffles UR feeding me? U tergiversate so much, the least U could do is sweeten things up!

17 Points

Tergiversate Taskforce: Shuffle Board

15 Points

Tergiversate : 2 be 2-faced.

http://artwiculate.com/words/tergiversate