One word

Desuetude

Word of the day on 12 December 2009.

Winning tweet

55
Points
Ysabeluna
desuetude is a useless dude if he is dud as a dad

Good uses

  • harrarp
    52
    Points
    What's gone is gone, what's done is done, so let bygones be desuetude.
  • MarilynLittle
    46
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    The delicate art of hand-written letters has grown desuetude. Perhaps friendships can become a bit too colloquial.
  • hotdng
    46
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    @Artwiculate The saying "never sleep angry" is not in desuetude, I observe it to the letter, I stay up late and plot my revenge.
  • pranavmukul
    41
    Points
    Life leaps like a geyser for those who who drill through the rock of desuetude
  • drchavi
    40
    Points
    In a world of I, ME, MYSELF, MINE.....sacrifice is desuetude.
  • TiddK
    39
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    Reincarnation : desuetude recycled
  • lithiumzombie
    39
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    In the attic, entombed in a dust-covered box, she found her mother's shoes - suede duet, long since desuetude.
  • jumpmonk
    38
    Points
    "Hey, what's up?" ~ "Sequential desuetude." ~ "Same old same old, huh?"
  • DrMobs
    37
    Points
    Desuetude: where every other one of my portable electronic gadgets has gone now that I own an iPhone.
  • tama001
    36
    Points
    Floppy disk had fallen into desuetude. #artwiculate
  • BiteTheDust
    36
    Points
    is desuetude like solitude but there is two of you?
  • LABirdie
    35
    Points
    Lord, let my communication with You never fall into desuetude.
  • ZimmerJohn
    35
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    I don't mean to kvetch, but I've been busy with many things lately; thus have my #artwiculate tweets fallen into a state of desuetude.
  • dmriver
    35
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    The tone from Barry's oud was completely different after he spilt the suet, it was a new instrument: desuetude.
  • akhkoshur
    34
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    Make hay, before the Desuetude sets in
  • Nebbisk
    34
    Points
    Android marriage vows: "...'till desuetude do us part."
  • OddlyStarry
    33
    Points
    Attention shoppers! We no longer carry inglenooks because they have fallen into desuetude. Why not try a nice white plastic chair?
  • osmarjardim
    33
    Points
    Desuetude is obsolete.
  • SJHatzi
    33
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    As the desuetude of customs of old rages on, let us sacrifice not thoughtfulness, valour and grace to the altar of efficiency.
  • AdeleWard
    32
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    Desuetude is out. Recycling is in.
  • Tralala56
    31
    Points
    When inaccuracy falls into desuetude, I'll throw a virtual party and there'll be tintinnabulation on Artwiculate!
  • LBY3
    30
    Points
    @artwiculate Desuetude: a word that has fallen into itself.
  • 3lbsofluv
    30
    Points
    Men laying down their jackets so women can walk over a rain puddle has fallen into desuetude. Blame the high cost of laundry.
  • TheSupercargo
    30
    Points
    Desuetude: the gentle art of dissuading la Suède from getting too big for her (suede) boots following 6 months of EU premiership.
  • toniwilliamsz
    30
    Points
    I think someone's golf game has fallen into desuetude. #artwiculate
  • emmaexpress
    29
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    When desuetude goes out of fashion it will later make a come back as vintage.
  • ultracutebot
    28
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    If love ever falls into desuetude, will there be anything left to live for?
  • caslexplorers
    26
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    6 Degrees of Propinquity - 1° Desuetude / 2° Passe / 3° Dated / 4° Dating / 5° Clubbing / 6° Hip
  • 2tweested
    26
    Points
    Viagra, for male desuetude
  • Eridanus
    26
    Points
    One freecycler's meat was another man's desuetude.
  • marcosarroyos
    26
    Points
    Believe me, stupidity will never become desuetude.
  • dkthareja
    26
    Points
    In few years, windows 7 will be as Desuetude as windows me is now.
  • AizenTal
    26
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    "Where's grandpa?" / "He is up in the attic, going through another phase in his desuetude".
  • Fatal_Romantic
    26
    Points
    It's a slow count, a tick without a toc, the sound echoing thru the chambers of my heart's desuetude. #artwiculate
  • JonPowles
    25
    Points
    Driving to Desuetude: the Unauthorized Biography of Tiger Woods

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