One word

Ethereal

Word of the day on 13 October 2009.

Winning tweet

89
Points
caslexplorers
When Madonna dies, will she become The Ethereal Girl?

Good uses

  • ZimmerJohn
    75
    Points
    In the heat of his passion he climbed heights so ethereal, but he crashed back to earth with condition . . . venereal.
  • arcangeld
    60
    Points
    I want to raise butterflies.. not for their beauty nor their ethereal quality, but as a personal tornado generator.
  • goldenskye
    60
    Points
    Some dreams are dressed in gossamer and gumboots; ethereal hope undergirded by practical endeavour.
  • MaryJenkins
    55
    Points
    On gossamer wings they flitter, the cerulean birds of twitter. Memos of ennui & ethereal feats. So vanish the ephemeral tweets. #artwiculate
  • routermonkey
    49
    Points
    His explanation that the Ethereal-net needed to be plugged in to get to the Interweb quickly outed him as non-technical.
  • PuddleMonkey
    45
    Points
    Last night my husband told me he wanted to get in touch with my ethereal regions. "Nether regions, hon," I corrected. "Yeah, those too."
  • routermonkey
    45
    Points
    The ethereal, seemingly unlimited purchasing power of the credit card, brought crashing to Earth by the monthly statement.
  • RosstopherH
    44
    Points
    I legitimately used the word ethereal yesterday and now @artwiculate wants me to use it again the next day. Sorry, not happening.
  • lithiumzombie
    40
    Points
    "Well... it's ethereal, innit", said Harry, sticking up for his latest work 'Fog and Snow'. It looked much like a canvas left blank.
  • tWordBird
    40
    Points
    Seeking out substance | We’re lost in material | Found in ethereal. #haiku #artwiculate
  • phuggins
    40
    Points
    @Artwiculate: A tongue-in-cheek 1 word history of each U.S. President, 41-44... 41: Arboreal 42: Venereal 43: Imperial 44: Ethereal
  • TheSupercargo
    40
    Points
    Oh that this too, too solid flesh would melt! To be less corporeal, more ethereal.
  • minibtweet
    35
    Points
    The ethereal beauty of the model was amazingly fairy like capturing my admiration, just hope she wasn't airbrushed in Photoshop #artwiculate
  • DrMobs
    35
    Points
    He strode from the ethereal mist to her, handed her a single rose, leaned down and whispered "thereyago - I got that free at work".
  • Ysabeluna
    35
    Points
    Flickering candles evoke a serene ethereal glow / as their aroma blend with the dewy evening mist / lulled to slumber I can't resist
  • PudHW
    35
    Points
    Her reedy voice lent a certain ethereal air that helped temper the otherwise hard edges of the heavy metal bagpipe trio.
  • marcosarroyos
    35
    Points
    Future astronauts wanting to join the 100 mile club will have to practice safe sex to avoid contracting ethereal venereal disease.
  • ng66
    35
    Points
    "Ethereal.""What?" I chewed a bit more and repeated, "You asked me what I was eating. I said it's cereal." #artwiculate
  • chrisdetar
    35
    Points
    Draped in white robes with golden leafs, Zeus looked down from Ethereal Olympus combing the hillsides for any young maiden to catch his eye.
  • tWordBird
    34
    Points
    Her willowy, ethereal frame made her seem easy prey… but her black-belt more than made up 4 that (along w/its’ inherent surprise-element).
  • chrisdetar
    30
    Points
    Though the photographer saw the model as an ethereal beauty, her mother found her to be skinny - a bag of bones needing a sandwich.
  • marcosarroyos
    30
    Points
    I have been insidiously working my way up the top 50 ladder until, one day, I'll reach the ethereal heights of number one on artwiculate!
  • NICKPR0
    30
    Points
    Entranced in deep meditation in his temple, the monk's ethereal ascension to the heavens was interrupted...by the ceiling. #artwiculate
  • OddlyStarry
    30
    Points
    They made an odd couple: the gritty, down-to-earth linebacker and the ethereal, light-footed ballerina. #artwiculate
  • K_Geddings
    30
    Points
    The ethereal wings of the butterfly mesmerized the small child until overcome with the inevitable urge to shake vigorously. #artwiculate
  • kitsuki_natsuko
    30
    Points
    With today's notions of beauty leaning toward the ethereal, I somehow doubt my Rubenesque figure will ever make a magazine cover.
  • caslexplorers
    30
    Points
    Most men found her ethereal beauty intoxicating but her high intelligence intimidating.
  • Ysabeluna
    30
    Points
    Where art thou my Muse / Hath thou forsaken me, am bemuse / Lofty ideas am bereft / come hither endow me with ETHEREAL tweets
  • Smoodle
    30
    Points
    The wine, the music, the stars; their first date was nearly ethereal. Right up until the unfortunate incident requiring a mess o' bactine.
  • onesparrow
    30
    Points
    She entered the room with an ethereal glow. In a simultaneous double take, everyone realised she'd drastically overdone the fake tan.
  • Ysabeluna
    30
    Points
    ETHEREAL is one's first kiss/a Lovely Bride in her wedding dress/ a baby suckling her mom's breast/ a memory of lost love that never cease
  • TheSupercargo
    30
    Points
    You say tomayteo, I say tomahto; you say ethereal I say aetherial. (From the Latin ætherius, from the Greek αίθέριος - SOED - 1st use 1513)
  • tWordBird
    29
    Points
    The ethereal shadows cast upon the cave’s wall are only ‘reality’ until we’re freed from our spartan perspectives to view the arcane Beyond.
  • ZimmerJohn
    29
    Points
    While drinking ambrosia and acting imperial, the gods toyed with men from Olympus ethereal.
  • jessebdylan
    25
    Points
    Lighthouses and waves during VERY stormy weather http://bit.ly/7TRTt - haunting and ethereal.
  • Frank_Vitale
    25
    Points
    @artwiculate Hit my snooze button/ The bliss is ethereal/ Late, I miss my bus
  • tWordBird
    25
    Points
    Engulfed by an ethereal feeling as morning sunbeams reached their golden fingers thru the window …she realized her blood sugar must be low.
  • flyingrat
    25
    Points
    Had lunch in Tokyo today on the patio of a French bistro, listening to an a cappella trio perform luminous, ethereal Renaissance music.
  • ecoflic
    25
    Points
    The ethereal sunlight glints through the window onto my half-empty packet of Haribo, seeming a little disappointed it wasn't met by better.
  • just_S
    25
    Points
    I don't get it. It's ethereal or unreal, where's the debate?
  • ONeillio
    25
    Points
    My only ethereal experience was when I drank a tea-spoon of ether. I spontaneously combusted. So did the person beside me.
  • ladyjade7013
    25
    Points
    Bella looked into his eyes: dark gems of the abyss reflecting the moon's light. Taken by his ethereal stare, she was mesmerized.#artwiculate
  • mercyrosebud
    25
    Points
    @artwiculate I want to be described as an ethereal beauty but my girth elicits either "an earthy quality" or "a real woman"!
  • ConorFowler
    25
    Points
    I'm probably just going to ethereal for breakfast this morning.
  • marcosarroyos
    25
    Points
    Back when I had my tonsils taken out in 1956, the anesthetic sure was an ethereal experience.
  • indymavs
    25
    Points
    My reach is ethereal... my grasp is another matter
  • revhappiness
    25
    Points
    He shook his head at his own speech impediment and tried again, "Can I pleathe have thome ethereal for breakfath?"
  • JoeyCoonce
    25
    Points
    What missionaries and Jehovah's Witnesses are: Ethereal estate agents.
  • just_S
    25
    Points
    My penchant for the ethereal has become almost serial and I'm quite obviously running low on artwiculate material.

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