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Cloying

Word of the day on 30 October 2009.

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65
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Mrs_Peacock
Darling, I'm so bitter that vinegar seems downright cloying by comparison.
@Mrs_Peacock

Good uses

  • caslexplorers
    53
    Points
    Jeff wondered if his stalker was just cloying with him.
    @caslexplorers
  • ZimmerJohn
    50
    Points
    His words were so annoying-so sugary and sweet-so syrupy and cloying each Artwiculating tweet. The pinnacle of treacle-really quite a feat.
    @ZimmerJohn
  • TheSupercargo
    50
    Points
    The cloying miasma of putrefaction that hung around the CSI lab was nothing the sanitised TV drama had led him to expect.
    @TheSupercargo
  • tama001
    45
    Points
    The present Japanese politics is cloying. As always... #artwiculate
    @tama001
  • SJHatzi
    45
    Points
    The cloying tweet is not worth retweeting. -Aristwotle
    @SJHatzi
  • browningshane
    45
    Points
    Not one for flattery, you'll never find me cloying my way to the top.
    @browningshane
  • TheSupercargo
    40
    Points
    That dame was a looker, and not shy about it. To get her way she’d put on an expression so sweet it was cloying. Enough to trigger diabetes.
    @TheSupercargo
  • goldenskye
    40
    Points
    In expressing sincere appreciation, a line must be drawn between heartfelt praise and cloying adulation.
    @goldenskye
  • JoeyCoonce
    40
    Points
    Her sweetness was a lie, her wholesomeness, just a ploy. The cloying ingenue revealed herself to be a clawing femme fatale.
    @JoeyCoonce
  • chrisdetar
    35
    Points
    The cloying, doe-eyed expression of tiny Snow White on my front porch garnered her another treat bag to take back to the seven dwarves.
    @chrisdetar
  • jdmyers
    35
    Points
    The cloying smell when people bathe in their perfume/cologne is incredibly annoying. #artwiculate
    @jdmyers
  • SJHatzi
    35
    Points
    Peradventure grandiloquism can be cloying, ergo annoying in contradistinction to comiconomenclaturism and elegant charientism.
    @SJHatzi
  • ojh2
    35
    Points
    Not looking forward to next week's ubiquitous, cloying eau d'rotting pumpkin.
    @ojh2
  • JoeyCoonce
    35
    Points
    Emotionally bereft, the candy man wept, his cloying tears landed with a sickening splat, sticking in place, a permanent monument to his loss
    @JoeyCoonce
  • 2tweested
    35
    Points
    I've been blocked, kicked out and slapped. Being just cloying is for amateurs.
    @2tweested
  • DaveCurry
    35
    Points
    "A cloying stench of insecurity pollutes the very air around him," Pig Pen wrote of Charlie Brown in his private journal.
    @DaveCurry
  • TheSupercargo
    35
    Points
    Edward’s unctuousness became increasingly cloying, so Aunt Ada changed her will, appropriately she thought: a refuge for retired cuddly toys
    @TheSupercargo
  • chrisdetar
    35
    Points
    It would take days for my cheeks to recover from the pinching and squeezing from my aunt's cloying affection each Christmas.
    @chrisdetar
  • lithiumzombie
    35
    Points
    Ada poured her coffee in the sugar bowl and began to stir. "Sweet, but not cloying!" She took a gulp and started chewing. I was in love.
    @lithiumzombie
  • onesparrow
    34
    Points
    Nauseating rap: It's cloying to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time, it's cloying!
    @onesparrow
  • marcosarroyos
    30
    Points
    Her cloying attitude reeked of faux gratitude so much that I didn't believe a word that she platituded.
    @marcosarroyos
  • mercyrosebud
    30
    Points
    Why do adults treat children with such a demeaning, cloying manner. Another one is older women in exchanges with attractive, younger ones.
    @mercyrosebud
  • 4TailsLampwork
    30
    Points
    As a BBW I can't decide if I prefer cloying condescension to scornful contempt. How about tolerance toward the overweight? #artwiculate
    @4TailsLampwork
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    Avoid being cloying - "always be a poet, even in prose", Charles Baudelaire proposed. Anyone opposed?
    @SJHatzi
  • ZimmerJohn
    30
    Points
    Apparently that cloying old @mrs_peacock, fresh from the sanatorium, is in the lead for #Artwiculate. How sweet.
    @ZimmerJohn
  • tWordBird
    30
    Points
    Corey’s cloying cornyness was SO cheesy: It was like being stuffed w/cheddar, dipped in batter &deep-fried at the county fair!
    @tWordBird
  • revhappiness
    30
    Points
    The cloying stench of the baby's nappy was like a ninja; you never saw it coming but you certainly knew you'd been hit.
    @revhappiness
  • tWordBird
    30
    Points
    Cotton candy fluff / Weaves its’ cloying stomach-web / ‘Til you’re sugar-stuffed! #haiku #poem #artwiculate
    @tWordBird
  • revhappiness
    30
    Points
    Britney Spears and Avril Lavigne are fighting it out to release a new perfume called Cloying. It smells like their music: manufactured.
    @revhappiness
  • PudHW
    30
    Points
    The feel good movie may have moved the masses, but worried he'd find its cloying tone annoying, Pete took a pass.
    @PudHW
  • tWordBird
    30
    Points
    Draughts’ cloying fingers / Reaching through wee window cracks / Winter’s wind-wagg’ry. #winter #haiku #poem #artwiculate
    @tWordBird
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    Roses are red, violets are blue, flowery poets are cloying (no, not you).
    @SJHatzi
  • dmriver
    30
    Points
    This cloying heat has got me beat. I run, but it aint no fun. #whosaidIwasapoetanyway
    @dmriver
  • harrarp
    30
    Points
    She thought a pink slip would be just the cloying thing to revive the relationship, until her boss handed her one.
    @harrarp
  • DrMobs
    30
    Points
    The cloying stench as she stooped & scooped was unendurable. "Next time there're leftovers with sour cream, you ain't gettin' any." "Woof."
    @DrMobs
  • changememe
    30
    Points
    Dessert was sweet chocolate souffle with marshmallow ice cream and a raspberry coulis. It was cloying to the roof of my mouth. #artwiculate
    @changememe
  • indymavs
    29
    Points
    Said the Pixie Stik to the Sugar Daddy: "Are you cloying with me?"
    @indymavs
  • SJHatzi
    28
    Points
    Today's word of the day is all about me. (Being self-centered is not all it's cracked out to be - it can get cloying.)
    @SJHatzi
  • gwynethatschool
    25
    Points
    My students' need for attention before exams has the cloying stench of desperation. It smells like the chocolate bribes I'm being offered
    @gwynethatschool
  • seeesquared
    25
    Points
    His cloying attempts to "get it in" was really starting to get annoying.
    @seeesquared
  • Ysabeluna
    25
    Points
    A clever crony's cloying is completed coyly to covet the craved
    @Ysabeluna
  • PudHW
    25
    Points
    /-Carl's cloying cologne-/ /-Midge mentions moderation-/ /-Dinner, disrupted-/
    @PudHW
  • marcosarroyos
    25
    Points
    The cloying smell of a freshly exhumed body had everyone down the hall from the morgue holding their hands over their noses.
    @marcosarroyos
  • CaliforniaKara
    25
    Points
    The cloying boy annoyed me with soy toys, which I'd enjoy if he were coy, but I'll instead destroy once he redeploys. Oye.
    @CaliforniaKara
  • marcosarroyos
    25
    Points
    Janet's sex toy became cloying after it accomplished its mission for the eighth time that day.
    @marcosarroyos
  • MaryJenkins
    25
    Points
    He asked you 2 proof his online dating survey.The only gift he gave you is a medical term. He calls you "Cloying Psycho." #HesNotThatIntoYou
    @MaryJenkins
  • seeesquared
    25
    Points
    His cloying pleas / he's on his knees / I just grabbed my keys
    @seeesquared
  • tWordBird
    25
    Points
    Her memories of their ebullient childhood days bc imbued w/an insidious haunting quality conflated by d cloying scintilla of his tragic end.
    @tWordBird
  • tWordBird
    25
    Points
    He was charming at first/but then slowly became/cloying at its’ worst/&, utt’ring her name/in 1 swift burst/suffocated their flame. #poem
    @tWordBird

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