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Contretemps

Word of the day on 11 August 2010.

Winning tweet

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From time to time // I use odd contretemps // as stepping stones.

Good uses

  • JohnnyMacOne
    51
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    One man, one woman, one car, one map, one destination = contretemps #artwiculate
  • mazpow
    49
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    I like to live my life one contretemps at a time.
  • ChrisTwitery
    49
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    In the contretemps moments ~ of my unfortunate life ~ nothing ever goes to plan ~ I watch the rain fall ~ and wait for thunder
  • coinopratdchris
    48
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    I considered it a mild contretemps when I awoke naked in a graveyard and surrounded by a crowd.
  • SJHatzi
    46
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    There once was a noisome troll / whose antics were annoyingly droll / but a hero (a cutie, a doll!) / foiled the troll's contretemps!
  • beezknez
    45
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    Being out of contretemps ~ in a heart beat #artwiculate
  • FrankSiddarta
    44
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    Contretemps has not been a problem at all - well, not since the divorce.
  • marcosarroyos
    43
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    Conficius say: Man who have contretemps need smaller vocabulary.
  • soarski
    42
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    He was tempted, toasted, and finally totaled. Her "so many hommes, so little temps" proved to be his Maltese contretemps.
  • lagadu123
    42
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    Contretemps: gift-wrapping for conflicts
  • asim7asim
    41
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    Contretemps! Go to hell! #artwiculate
  • TiddK
    41
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    I stumble and fall ~ throughout life I have become ~ my own contretemps . #haiku #artwiculate
  • pietroartw
    41
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    She played Brel's "Au printemps" / And cozied up contiguous / I had a contretemps / I felt so darn exiguous.
  • OddlyStarry
    39
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    Here comes Contretemps Man to save the day... oops, I don't think he saw that banana peel!
  • MaltaGoddess
    39
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    Nothing like a well planned contretemps to serve as a divertissement from the ennui du jour, chéri.
  • dsceiorg
    39
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    Not an exiguous effort / To plan / Large scale events / Because one must be ready / For the eventual contretemps #gogyohka #artwiculate
  • ultracutebot
    38
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    contretemps - every job interview i've shown up for since i moved here #ultranervousbot
  • osmarjardim
    37
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    Murphy's Laws of contretemps: If anything can go wrong, it will
  • radiocurly
    37
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    I met a divorcee in New York City, I had to put up some kind of a fight. It's the contretemps women. Gimme gimme gimme the contretemps blues
  • DarkHaikuMoon
    37
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    Dark moon reflecting ~ your inner turmoil and angst ~ hourly contretemps #haiku
  • Squawkingalah
    36
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    When things are going just as planned, Contretemps steps in to remind you not to be smug.
  • RortlyGoblins
    36
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    @TiddK There's definitely a rude lady troll too, honey. That may well be your contretemps.
  • tama001
    36
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    in a barathrum of despair / ray of soft light / again today / contretemps will be saved / in name of world peace . #lqw #artwiculate
  • kado56
    35
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    Max would never be put off by a contretemps. "Something just came up" can only mean one thing.
  • rascality
    35
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    Contretemps is the name given to the delicate insertion of the absurd into the running stream of everyday existence. #artwiculate
  • eilonwya10
    35
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    When the do-si-do means toes get stomped, contra dance becomes contretemps. #artwiculate
  • navinsasikumar
    35
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    Not knowing that exiguous was out, there were a lot of em~bare~assed people at the beach. It was quite the contretemps.
  • silverne
    34
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    Contretemps she lit a cigarette. Smoke makes a curtain between us. That is the crucial moment. I lit a cigarette too. #artwiculate
  • nakedpoet
    34
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    contretemps: there's a mishap for that #artwiculate
  • runheidi
    34
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    A series of contretemps ensued when Geraldine unwittingly filled the pinatas with rainbow-colored condoms. #artwiculate
  • nedmw
    33
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    My mother used to nickname me "contretemps" when I was a kid. It wasn't until I was much older that I found out why.
  • ariandalen
    32
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    Life with children: one contretemps after another. #artwiculate
  • Lorcdy
    32
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    Contretemps frequently elicit embarassed blushes. #artwiculate
  • ale_bundy
    32
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    contretemps? much ado.
  • 19ish
    31
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    They hired a bunch of temps during the strike. Big mistake! Turned out to be union contretemps! #artwiculate
  • Ysabeluna
    31
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    i shun / any contretemps / and sybarite attempts / to lure / you away from me / #artwiculate #lqw #theprompt #gogyohka
  • ArtDr3amer
    31
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    Life is full of contretemps, but you have the answer against all. Smile.
  • MaxRaunchiness
    30
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    You might call it a contretemps, but I call it a pearl necklace.
  • lawyergirl3
    30
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    To contretemps is human, to forget it divine.
  • TheSupercargo
    30
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    MS Contretemps™ Error message: Unforseen technical problem requires immediate reboot. May result in loss of information. OK.
  • yupius
    30
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    wear a pair of brand-new high-heels ~ caught in a sudden shower~contretemps summer afternoon #artwiculate #haiku
  • i2Haiku
    29
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    A day without contretemps would be a most unusual day indeed. #Artwiculate
  • lexiconehead
    28
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    Life's a contretemps and then you decompose.
  • KookaKu
    27
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    Le contretemps ~ cela est juste une question de prévoir ~ le premier oiseau reçoit le ver

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