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Desultory

Word of the day on 23 April 2010.

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kado56
I had a tendency to view life as a sort of desultory game of hopscotch until.....I stepped on a crack
@kado56

Good uses

  • SJHatzi
    86
    Points
    And when he's near, I -bedazzled- rattle off like a desultory fool; when all I want is for him to think me beautiful & cool.
    @SJHatzi
  • baccatum
    78
    Points
    Practice desultory acts of kindness, and irrational acts of beauty.
    @baccatum
  • TiddK
    77
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    Dawn. White-flecked breakers clutch at the sand, desultory seabirds screech & dive. I feel desolate.. and yet, beautiful too.
    @TiddK
  • Tralala56
    69
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    When the ringmaster accused Madge of being desultory, she took it very personally. Aimless, indeed! She sharpened her knives in a rage.
    @Tralala56
  • OddlyStarry
    64
    Points
    Come meander through life with me. Let's have desultory chats as we sip wine by the glow of a warm fire...
    @OddlyStarry
  • StarOfSavannah
    63
    Points
    Fragmented self/ Alienated girl/ Desultory me/ My reflection in a shattered mirror/ Mercurial temper steady as the wind
    @StarOfSavannah
  • agezoko
    62
    Points
    The holiday of the early summer which holds a cat and carries out desultory reading in the room whose sea is visible. #artwiculate
    @agezoko
  • mazpow
    60
    Points
    I used to read novels. Then age and motherhood fried my brain. Now 140 characters is the limit for my desultory conciousness.
    @mazpow
  • lithiumzombie
    56
    Points
    Shakespearean desultory: 'O Romeo, Benvolio, wherefore art thou Tybalt?'
    @lithiumzombie
  • DrMobs
    55
    Points
    So, if I say my aim is desultory, does that mean I've definitively missed the point? Oh look, a butterfly!
    @DrMobs
  • ultracutebot
    54
    Points
    desultory cacophony ~ jarring epiphany ~ sensory catastrophe #sixwords #artwiculate #QTbot
    @ultracutebot
  • silverne
    54
    Points
    If you want to see me/ look at your sage and careless cat/ on the desultory reflect of his left eye/ I dwell permanency
    @silverne
  • pranavmukul
    53
    Points
    Desultory : He came, he saw, he dithered.
    @pranavmukul
  • DaveCurry
    52
    Points
    Desultory diner mantra? We aimless to please. #artwiculate
    @DaveCurry
  • navinsasikumar
    52
    Points
    On my back,I idly lie/Watch desultory clouds float gently by/When thru a gap,the sun it smiles/Bedazzled,I shut my eyes
    @navinsasikumar
  • harrarp
    52
    Points
    A desultory caveat: if you cannot ride more than one horse at a time, you shouldn't join the circus.
    @harrarp
  • Wifsie
    50
    Points
    I will let this desultory journey bedazzle me: I throw away expectations and conformation; my only guide is my heart. #artwiculate
    @Wifsie
  • tama001
    50
    Points
    made sport of by fortune ? / swayed by trend of the times ? / change the desultory destiny. #artwiculate
    @tama001
  • dmriver
    50
    Points
    Some of what I say is desultory, your guess is as good as mine. :-)
    @dmriver
  • asim7asim
    48
    Points
    butterflies bright ~ tonic for my heart ~ desultory I sat ~ till I espied ~ your beautiful hues #artwiculate
    @asim7asim
  • BurningHawk1969
    48
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    Desultory Barbie, surrounded by her beautiful play worlds, still hollow inside. #artwiculate
    @BurningHawk1969
  • goldenskye
    47
    Points
    Q. Why did you take so much luggage for such a short holiday? A. I packed for desultory weather.
    @goldenskye
  • catmar604
    47
    Points
    Tripping into a stream of consciousness~Turning over stones,finding flotsam to finesse~Tame less,desultory!Be dazzled,no less
    @catmar604
  • tWordBird
    44
    Points
    The early bird's desultory hunt is ruled by scent, not scintilla - she doesn't need to be bedazzled, but likes worms which smell of vanilla.
    @tWordBird
  • ale_bundy
    44
    Points
    Bedazzled denouement? A moth through the flame, burned by desultory. #artwiculate
    @ale_bundy
  • MalleyScrubber
    43
    Points
    Percy the Angry Penguin caught no worms, just a dose of Chlamydia from a desultory fling with a chick two floes over
    @MalleyScrubber
  • LBY3
    43
    Points
    @artwiculate I'm not sure how to write a tweet including "desultory" ... oh, look, a puppy!
    @LBY3
  • nedmw
    41
    Points
    Staring into the heavens, he discerns shapes of animals and men, whilst others see only the desultory peg board of stars #artwiculate
    @nedmw
  • gBaYgUrL
    41
    Points
    A desultory meeting, bedazzled in thought. Rush of feelings, infatuation he brought. Take this dance, might be ur last chance
    @gBaYgUrL
  • minibtweet
    40
    Points
    Desultory ideas only become effective with a mind mapping chart #artwiculate
    @minibtweet
  • marcosarroyos
    40
    Points
    When a fight broke out in the prison yard, Mando wielded his shank in such a desultory manner that everyone backed off.
    @marcosarroyos
  • MaxRaunchiness
    40
    Points
    Chase splendid ladies / Flamboyant words and actions / Desultory life #haikuwordgame
    @MaxRaunchiness
  • lagadu123
    39
    Points
    I was quite flattered really when the accountant said my book-keeping was desultory.
    @lagadu123
  • HourlyDavidson
    39
    Points
    desultory pattern : zig~zag
    @HourlyDavidson
  • Squawkingalah
    39
    Points
    Switching between work and #artwiculate is a desultory way to spend the day. (Drop the work, I say.)
    @Squawkingalah
  • TheSupercargo
    38
    Points
    Let me deliver a simple desultory philippic about Katherine Minola and how she bedazzled me into submission. #simonshakesaspeare
    @TheSupercargo
  • OpelDHell
    38
    Points
    her math was so desultory, she counted in random numbers #artwiculate
    @OpelDHell
  • nimue_
    37
    Points
    i suppose i was~a Desultory lover~till you came along #haikuchallenge #haiku #artwiculate
    @nimue_
  • Ysabeluna
    37
    Points
    desultory philanthropy : passing kindness forward
    @Ysabeluna
  • Awdures
    36
    Points
    Desultory leaves, undecided in the wind, tousled in torment #haiku #artwiculate <desultory>
    @Awdures
  • TSupercargo
    36
    Points
    Bedazzled as ever by the wit of the Artwiculati, I prepare to take my desultory promenade through some of my top choice tweets of the day.
    @TSupercargo
  • aarthycrazy
    36
    Points
    Lust fades in desultory glades; Love alone lasts, even in Hades - #artwiculate #love
    @aarthycrazy
  • MaryJenkins
    35
    Points
    Shall I compare thee to a bedazzled cloth? Thou art more sparkly than the desultory gems placed in such an ever-fix'd design. @SJHatzi
    @MaryJenkins
  • beezknez
    35
    Points
    He watched his true self / a desultory image / emerged and mirrored / #haiku #poetry
    @beezknez
  • dsceiorg
    35
    Points
    Collective nouns: A bed of snakes; A knot of toads; A desultory of political promises. #artwiculate
    @dsceiorg
  • lexiconehead
    35
    Points
    I'm too desultory for my shirt.
    @lexiconehead
  • urbancrafter
    34
    Points
    desultory decisions :: mistakes and missteps :: crimson regrets #artwiculate #theprompt
    @urbancrafter
  • celticgladiator
    34
    Points
    desultory thoughts, my mind falls apart. Mesmerized, hypnotized, you bedazzled my heart.
    @celticgladiator
  • OldJoeStalin
    34
    Points
    When it came to criticizing me, my ex-wife's mother seized on anything. She was desultory.
    @OldJoeStalin

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