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Brusque

Word of the day on 13 April 2010.

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81
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bwlightning
Waiter, there's a fly in my lobster brusque. Sir, how rude of you to point that out. Eat it. #artwiculate
@bwlightning

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  • mbdconroy
    72
    Points
    No, I'm not brusque. Bitchy is the term you're searching for.
    @mbdconroy
  • navinsasikumar
    72
    Points
    What do you call a brusque pair of scissors? Snippy
    @navinsasikumar
  • JonPowles
    70
    Points
    If you can't afford the Moulin Rouge, the girls of Le Brusque Burlesque are ok; just a bit shorter; a bit less ... welcoming.
    @JonPowles
  • Tralala56
    65
    Points
    Magnificent Madge may be a bit brusque at times, but her knives are never blunt!
    @Tralala56
  • TiddK
    64
    Points
    In a bar, Mythomania promised to pay for all the drinks, Brusque ordered a short, and Taciturn is still waiting to be served
    @TiddK
  • kado56
    63
    Points
    What IS wrong with artwiculate? First it's taciturn, then it's brusque...next thing you know it'll be incommunicado
    @kado56
  • ale_bundy
    62
    Points
    habitual brusque? the usual succincts #artwiculate
    @ale_bundy
  • lithiumzombie
    60
    Points
    Brusque Lee is widely regarded as the master of Tongue Fu.
    @lithiumzombie
  • SJHatzi
    60
    Points
    Starved for love raw ~ dejected. Brusque bone, thrown ~ Gnawing with relish #Haiku #Micropoetry #Tanka #Wanka #Senryu #Maxku
    @SJHatzi
  • ultracutebot
    60
    Points
    those brusque words/blunt force trauma to your fragile ego/here's a bandage for your wounded pride
    @ultracutebot
  • harrarp
    57
    Points
    It's electric how your your hair gets static when you brusque it!
    @harrarp
  • emmaexpress
    56
    Points
    Brusque at breakfast: a rude awakening.
    @emmaexpress
  • yearning4d_sky
    55
    Points
    Be not brusque but gently smile comfort that tender heart which weeps awhile #artwiculate
    @yearning4d_sky
  • ajeanne
    55
    Points
    She came home. He was gone: no talking, no note. Beyond brusque. Over.
    @ajeanne
  • dmriver
    52
    Points
    So sad to build a wall brusque by brusque.
    @dmriver
  • mazpow
    51
    Points
    I bounced from blunt fling to brusque tryst until my patient husband taught me the inexhaustible eloquence of genuine love.
    @mazpow
  • Wifsie
    50
    Points
    One more brusque haiku / I commit harakiri / with rough syllables. #haiku #artwiculate @jonPowles @TiddK @SJHatzi :)
    @Wifsie
  • tama001
    49
    Points
    brusque weather / add happy color to my lifestyle / ephemeral cherry blossoms. #haiku #senryu #artwiculate
    @tama001
  • marcosarroyos
    48
    Points
    Mando was brusque. If you told him that, he wouldn't know what it meant, but he'd stab you with his shank anyway.
    @marcosarroyos
  • minibtweet
    48
    Points
    My initial thoughts were unnaturally brusque, time to contemplate before I spoke kept my integrity #artwiculate
    @minibtweet
  • Ysabeluna
    47
    Points
    two things i hate in life : being rudely woken from sleep & brusque ly interrupted from artwiculate play
    @Ysabeluna
  • TheSupercargo
    47
    Points
    Brusque Bruce is the brewer at Bristols' Brewery. Bruce may be brusque but he brews Bristols’ Breast Bitter. (Calls it Mother's Milk.)
    @TheSupercargo
  • smeedha
    46
    Points
    What was Jim Carrey thinking when he decided to act in Brusque Almighty?
    @smeedha
  • CaliforniaKara
    45
    Points
    Loved my docs and 95% of my nurses today. The brusque one who jackhammered the IV into my hand? Not so much.
    @CaliforniaKara
  • MaxRaunchiness
    44
    Points
    Pick-up at the bar / Redhead willing and able / Brusque in things of love #maxku
    @MaxRaunchiness
  • asim7asim
    44
    Points
    ungracious you ~ brusque dismissal ~ my hope proved to be unfounded #artwiculate
    @asim7asim
  • baccatum
    43
    Points
    Even as a newborn he was brusque, his cries abrupt and dismissive. We named him Curt.
    @baccatum
  • ZimmerJohn
    43
    Points
    Perhaps her brusque demeanor has been forged throughout the years / A taciturn defence to spare her heart from bitter tears. #poetry
    @ZimmerJohn
  • Eridanus
    42
    Points
    Brusque Man wears his briefs outside his shorts - and won't save the world even if you ask him nicely.
    @Eridanus
  • goldenskye
    42
    Points
    One man's brusque is another man's brief.
    @goldenskye
  • celticgladiator
    42
    Points
    The erection was brought to a brusque end, erectile dysfunction, my nemesis, strikes again. (Maybe I shouldve remained taciturn)
    @celticgladiator
  • silverne
    41
    Points
    without any word/ she went away/ brusque/ as a sunshine under the rain
    @silverne
  • OddlyStarry
    41
    Points
    Why are brusque people oblivious to the impact they have on those around them? Even when you tell them. Repeatedly.
    @OddlyStarry
  • MaltaGoddess
    40
    Points
    Be gentle, I brusque easily.
    @MaltaGoddess
  • kings_indian
    40
    Points
    brusque WOTD - short and tweet
    @kings_indian
  • tWordBird
    40
    Points
    The early bird is brusque ~Within the matutinal dusk ~ Catching her worms forthright~At the first break in yesternight. #poem
    @tWordBird
  • coinopratdchris
    38
    Points
    I'm not trying to be brusque, but I'm going to log off Twitter. Bye.
    @coinopratdchris

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