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Bailiwick

Word of the day on 17 May 2010.

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SJHatzi
I dream of a bailiwick / a polymathic tapestry / linguistic, mythic, poetic, heroic, artistic.
@SJHatzi

Good uses

  • TiddK
    79
    Points
    On the farthest shores of imagination, mind's bailiwick fades into the mist, to reveal visions of angels
    @TiddK
  • OldJoeStalin
    71
    Points
    My home is my bailiwick except when my ex-wife's mother stands in my yard screaming profanities at me.
    @OldJoeStalin
  • JonPowles
    71
    Points
    Poetry is my dream, but doggerel is my bailiwick
    @JonPowles
  • harrarp
    65
    Points
    Six hours out of Panacea all passengers jolted. The train was picking up speed, they were now in the jurisdiction of Bailiwick!
    @harrarp
  • lagadu123
    61
    Points
    The kangaroo court would have had a bigger bailiwick, had the judge not been in someone's pocket.
    @lagadu123
  • asim7asim
    60
    Points
    My pot belly is under my bailiwick, you've no right to shrink it! #artwiculate
    @asim7asim
  • ariandalen
    55
    Points
    Bailey kept losing the wick in the molten wax. Obviously, candles weren't her bailiwick.
    @ariandalen
  • Tralala56
    52
    Points
    A word a day keeps senility away, and words are my bailiwick!
    @Tralala56
  • minibtweet
    52
    Points
    The tree surgeon's bailiwick was more than a branch of his knowledge #artiwculate
    @minibtweet
  • InVinceWil
    50
    Points
    folderol his forte / ballyhoo his bailiwick / just trust the silence #haiku
    @InVinceWil
  • kado56
    50
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    The little milkmaid looked up, over Marigold's wam flank, hay bales, the cattle byre bailiwick and dreamed of a life byond the pail.
    @kado56
  • silversteelwolf
    50
    Points
    The idealist's bailiwick is the realm of possibility.
    @silversteelwolf
  • Wifsie
    49
    Points
    RIP: My Lord Bailiwick - I have it under good authority that he burned the wick at both ends. #artwiculate
    @Wifsie
  • MaxRaunchiness
    49
    Points
    I call my manhood Bailiff. Bailiff? Why? Because I'm its bailiwick. It tells me where to go and what to do, and I do it.
    @MaxRaunchiness
  • mazpow
    47
    Points
    Every time I'm about to do a brilliant tweet about my goldfish, he swims right back to @lithiumzombie's bailiwick.
    @mazpow
  • agezoko
    47
    Points
    Love exceeds Bailiwick of a lip. #artwiculate #sixwords
    @agezoko
  • AaronLivingston
    47
    Points
    Bailiwick: ah! Finally, such a wonderfully archaic middle-English word - I feel like I own the place! #artwiculate
    @AaronLivingston
  • ale_bundy
    46
    Points
    RIP: Officer Bailiwick- His beat was around the wrong bush whack. #artwiculate
    @ale_bundy
  • Krafti_kit
    45
    Points
    Kindness is the bailiwick of our heroine, SuperSilia. #artwiculate #SJH cc @SJHatzi
    @Krafti_kit
  • KevinEKennedy
    45
    Points
    Teacher: why is your presentation so boring? Timmy: "Because mediocrity is my bailiwick." C- on the project, A on word use. #artwiculate
    @KevinEKennedy
  • urbanascetic
    45
    Points
    Without barriers, where is your bailiwick ? #sixwords #poetry #artwiculate
    @urbanascetic
  • yearning4d_sky
    45
    Points
    Sun the bailiff~sky his bailiwick~come night ~in dreams~ moon tresspasses #haiku #artwiculate
    @yearning4d_sky
  • Quatfest_Haiku
    45
    Points
    The oaks come alive / Startled rooks take to the sky / Leave their bailiwick #haiku
    @Quatfest_Haiku
  • TinaNguyen
    44
    Points
    Come into the bailiwick of the artwiculati and you might get knocked over by Atilla the Pun!
    @TinaNguyen
  • justscribbling
    43
    Points
    For all mothers, their home is their bailiwick, despite what children, husbands and in-laws may claim. #artwiculate
    @justscribbling
  • emmaexpress
    43
    Points
    Bailiwick? That's what Igor calls his "stamping ground". Or is it "stomping ground"?
    @emmaexpress
  • dsceiorg
    42
    Points
    Collective nouns: A posse of police; A panel of experts; A bailiwick of Rumpoles #artwiculate
    @dsceiorg
  • lithiumzombie
    42
    Points
    Of all the bailiwick (s) in the world, she walks into mine. #artwiculate #onesparrow
    @lithiumzombie
  • Squawkingalah
    41
    Points
    This blade of grass, this stick insect, this bailiwick.
    @Squawkingalah
  • ajeanne
    40
    Points
    Twitter: the bailiwick of millions.
    @ajeanne
  • Gardencomet
    39
    Points
    Space - the final bailiwick
    @Gardencomet
  • MaltaGoddess
    38
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    My bailiwick is so many men but alas there is so little time. *Sigh.*
    @MaltaGoddess
  • celticgladiator
    37
    Points
    A bailiwick in misery, broken hearts & dreams, the lady had a comeliness about her and many wicked schemes.
    @celticgladiator
  • marcosarroyos
    37
    Points
    Bentley's bailiwick is his seat in the House of Lords. Peeing in Bentley's soup is his staff's bailiwick.
    @marcosarroyos
  • tWordBird
    36
    Points
    UR about 2 enter another dimension …a bailiwick of the mind. A journey in2 a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop, the Artwiculate Zone!
    @tWordBird
  • changememe
    35
    Points
    His talk was smooth and his hair was slick | He kept boasting about his big bailiwick | She just thought he was an awful ... #artwiculate
    @changememe
  • Nature__Lover
    35
    Points
    Flowers opening // a bee's and wasp's -bailiwick- // my insect haven. #artwiculate #haiku
    @Nature__Lover
  • OddlyStarry
    35
    Points
    "Logically, the virus is --" Bones, isn't logic Mr. Spock's bailiwick? "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a dictionary! What's a bailiwick??"
    @OddlyStarry
  • DaveCurry
    34
    Points
    Breakers and bailiwick? Surf and turf.
    @DaveCurry
  • BeaSempere
    33
    Points
    @artwiculate My heart resided in your bailiwick control / But your infidelity gave me an early parole.
    @BeaSempere
  • ChrisTwitery
    33
    Points
    If you're checking in - at the Bailiwick Hotel - you can never leave #haiku
    @ChrisTwitery
  • prashanthm18
    33
    Points
    Twitter's been my bailiwick ever since I started artwiculating. #artwiculate
    @prashanthm18
  • BewareTheFly
    33
    Points
    If I had to choose a bailiwick, it would be the wall. There's nothing better than being a fly on the wall.
    @BewareTheFly
  • TSupercargo
    32
    Points
    And of course, words, words, words are our bailiwick, are they not?
    @TSupercargo
  • honeygloom
    32
    Points
    The charlatan, tall and dark, made my soul his bailiwick and governed all that happened there.
    @honeygloom
  • treesahquiche
    32
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    A reason for teenage depression and rebellion is that we know we haven't a bailiwick, but we still need to prove ourselves.
    @treesahquiche
  • TheSupercargo
    32
    Points
    Aeyland Tourism's most successful slogan: Visit the Bailiwick of Aeyland. A precious jewel set in a silver sea. ~Shakespeare
    @TheSupercargo
  • dmriver
    31
    Points
    Your case is as clear as your bailiwick er baskets.
    @dmriver
  • TidKid
    31
    Points
    Artwiculate: The word for today is our bailiwick. Yours is 140 characters. Including spaces. http://artwiculate.com
    @TidKid

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