One word

Abstruse

Word of the day on 08 July 2010.

Winning tweet

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SJHatzi
Oedipus solved the abstruse riddle of the Sphinx; evidently he had an affinity with the complex - that one was a mother.

Good uses

  • DarkHaikuMoon
    55
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    Open your abstruse heart ~ frolic in the moonlight ~ dance in your laughter ~ scream in joyous glee ~ love me
  • i_Rafat
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    An enigma, ambiguous, inexplicable, a riddle without words, a puzzle tht can't be put together, an abstruse life's obtuse tale
  • TheIowaTaxLady
    47
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    Abstruse Airlines: We hid your luggage in secret compartments. Even we don't know just where we put it. #artwiculate
  • TiddK
    46
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    Abstruse compotation : Don't Think & Drive . #artwiculate
  • ChrisTwitery
    46
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    An abstruse city sleeps ~ breathing between shadows ~ reflecting ~ the faces ~ of strangers
  • tama001
    43
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    during rainy season / the weather is very fickle / like an abstruse girl's mind . #haiku #senryu #artwiculate
  • raindropforsale
    43
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    your heart would not be / such an abstruse machine if / you gave me the key #artwiculate #haikuchallenge - machine
  • navinsasikumar
    41
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    RIP: My Lord Abstruse - He had a crypt~ic burial
  • RortlyGoblins
    40
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    Basho sat by the pond ~ unseen ~ abstruse #haiku
  • asim7asim
    40
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    abstract language ~ of your eyes, love or envy ~ so abstruse for me #haiku #artwiculate
  • Jazmira
    39
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    An abstruse dance/the riddles in the mind/a taut conundrum/hums a tune #artwiculate #haiku
  • NeelaVanam
    38
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    When in love, a demure maiden/Married now, Abstruse in emotion. #artwiculate
  • PrernaMunshi
    38
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    His quivering lips could not express the abstruse feelings of his pulsating heart. #artwiculate
  • Ysabeluna
    38
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    you are/my ray of sun/when abstruse life rains on me/i'll seek you thru the Undine at sea/if you're my destiny/ #artwiculate #lqw #Gogyohka
  • urbanascetic
    37
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    Abstruse contradictions, apparent paradox to penetrate #sixwords #poetry #artwiculate
  • Krafti_kit
    37
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    Abstruse Airlines: See what happens when passengers don't read the fine print. (eerie music) #artwiculate #willwegetthere
  • prashanthm18
    35
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    open mind never thinks abstruse thoughts #sixwords #artwiculate
  • lagadu123
    35
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    Obélix the Obtuse never understood why people said he was fat, when Astérix the Abstruse always insisted he was only cuddly.
  • infinitenano
    35
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    RIP Abstruse - You were truly misunderstood. #artwiculate
  • nimue_
    35
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    your ways to show love~so Abstruse;like a machine~glad you make love well #haikuchallenge #artwiculate
  • ariandalen
    34
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    Starlight streams onto my bed ~ Waking me from abstruse dreams ~ Leaving me searching for ~ Answers on moonbeams. #artwiculate
  • agezoko
    34
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    Your pupil, a lip, a mole, a bust and hips — It is very inflammatory and Abstruse beauty! #artwiculate
  • silverne
    33
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    open bible on a table/ orgasmic woman on a bed/ mysterious amber color of rum/ abstruse life #artwiculate #poetry
  • harrarp
    32
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    Abstruse is the new convolute.
  • mazpow
    32
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    Not without significant precedent might one endeavour to penetrate the ostensibly abstruse only to disclose the facile.
  • pietroartw
    30
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    sunlight and shadows / flapping of wings up above / abstruse commotion
  • dsceiorg
    30
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    The abstruse undine / She lures men to meet their end / Not for her benefit #haiku #artwiculate #lqw
  • marcosarroyos
    30
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    Vuvu and Zela had an abstruse relationship. When TMZ found out, it was all the buzz.
  • MaxRaunchiness
    30
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    Abstruse dance of love / Don't play hard to get with me / Patience limited #maxku
  • MetalRabbit13
    30
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    Abstruse Void spirals/blowing bubbles of matter/worlds coalescing #artwiculate
  • BurningHawk1969
    29
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    Abstruse, wallflower / Polymath's patterns; she dances / To songs you can't hear. #Haiku #Artwiculate
  • graffitipoet
    28
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    The same illogical argument made five different ways, each rendition becoming increasingly abstruse. I wish your face had a mute option.
  • Anamuk
    27
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    It is difficult to be truly abstruse in so few characters
  • minibtweet
    27
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    What will I wear today after listening to the abstruse weather forecast? #artwiculate
  • chrisloft
    27
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    Asim's abstruse accolades acquiescing in acrimony by an abstemious abirritate of the Artwiculati ~ an arcane aleatory anomaly
  • FrankSiddarta
    25
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    Look, I don't mean to be obtuse, I was trying to be abstruse.
  • Nickpbonwick
    25
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  • KookaKu
    25
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    A mob of kangaroos / abstruse under the gum trees / basking in midday heat /// #haiku #artwiculate
  • Wifsie
    25
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    Men are from Mars and Women are from Abstruse. Or is it the other way round? #artwiculate
  • ke6cbr
    25
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    Cryptozoology: the study of abstruse animals.
  • ruidh
    25
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    Mr. Abstruse, meet Ms. Abstract. I'm sure you were made for each other. #artwiculate
  • Gardencomet
    23
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    Hitchcock wove abstruse phantasmagoria into Spellbound and Marnie #lqw
  • ale_bundy
    23
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    I find abstruse hard to come by. #artwiculate
  • Verostoredotcom
    23
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    Abstruse: One word to define a Woman's heart! ;)#artwiculate
  • Slave_To_Coffee
    23
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    "Would you stop being so abstruse," he said. • "I will when you stop being so obtuse," she replied. #artwiculate
  • nedmw
    22
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    Abstruse : the feeling of bewilderment when you wonder where your six-pack went #NotEnoughSitups
  • hfeaga
    22
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    abstruse graffiti / wraps brick walls / leading the path / to cultural / miscalculations #artwiculate
  • OddlyStarry
    21
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    There's more to a surfer's lifestyle than standing on a board. Unfortunately, it will always be abstruse to an outsider like me.
  • blueinblue14
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    The mechanism of a brain is abstruse but the mechanism of a heart is simple. Love. #artwiculate

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