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Fisticuffs

Word of the day on 02 December 2009.

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110
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dmriver
I never sink to the level of fisticuffs, usually a stab in the back does the trick.
@dmriver

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  • DrMobs
    90
    Points
    I don't need to use fisticuffs, I have a blackbelt in origami. Death by papercuts.
    @DrMobs
  • osmarjardim
    85
    Points
    Do it yourself fisticuffs: NINTENDO WII. Noone gets hurt.
    @osmarjardim
  • ZimmerJohn
    85
    Points
    Fisticuffs (n): Two men; two tuxedos; one pair of cufflinks.
    @ZimmerJohn
  • SJHatzi
    80
    Points
    The well trained win in fisticuffs. The best trained walk away.
    @SJHatzi
  • SJHatzi
    74
    Points
    The gloves are off, punching away at the keyboard.The battle of wits wages on, knocking out tweets. Fisticuffs of wordsmiths.
    @SJHatzi
  • docdez
    70
    Points
    If boxers engage in fisticuffs, do kickboxers participate in footsiecuffs?
    @docdez
  • harrarp
    70
    Points
    Fist come, fist served. Fisticuffs golden rule.
    @harrarp
  • SJHatzi
    65
    Points
    The guy - or gal - who walks away from fisticuffs is often the one who can punch your lights out.
    @SJHatzi
  • Ysabeluna
    63
    Points
    Ferdy was castigated on a reported fisticuffs with Felix and feigned innocence by going into fits of coughs
    @Ysabeluna
  • caslexplorers
    59
    Points
    A fight between two men : fisticuffs :: A fight between secret lovers : trysticuffs
    @caslexplorers
  • Ysabeluna
    58
    Points
    feisty cops furiously got into fisticuffs and were fittingly fired from service forever
    @Ysabeluna
  • harrarp
    55
    Points
    Sophisticuffs are fisticuffs where niceties are exchanged blow by blow and not a hair is ruffled.
    @harrarp
  • Tralala56
    55
    Points
    Slugfest - 2 gastropods coming to fisticuffs over the lettuce in my garden
    @Tralala56
  • hotdng
    55
    Points
    We heard my 3-year old nephew shouting fisticuffs, alarmed we checked & found him playing with glittery feasty cups with glee
    @hotdng
  • routermonkey
    50
    Points
    Some people say we shouldn't resort to fisticuffs to resolve our differences. Mostly weak people who are easy to punch.
    @routermonkey
  • osmarjardim
    45
    Points
    Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, now it looks fisticuffs are here to stay, Oh I believe in yesterday. Sudenly...
    @osmarjardim
  • StarOfSavannah
    45
    Points
    Drunken fisticuffs often end in handcuffs.
    @StarOfSavannah
  • harrarp
    45
    Points
    I'd better watch it with fisticuffs. Knocked myself out with my last moodswing.
    @harrarp
  • harrarp
    45
    Points
    I can't think straight in the morning until I've had my fisticuffs of coppee.
    @harrarp
  • caslexplorers
    44
    Points
    A fight between two men : fisticuffs :: A fight over leaving the toilet seat up : pisticuffs
    @caslexplorers
  • osmarjardim
    40
    Points
    No fisticuffs. There are many others things we can do with our hands.
    @osmarjardim
  • harrarp
    40
    Points
    Fisticuffs reality check lesson. 1. You are going to get hit. 2. When you get hit, it does not feel good.
    @harrarp
  • harrarp
    40
    Points
    No reason to go for fisticuffs when the batteries in your light sabres still have life in them!
    @harrarp
  • lithiumzombie
    40
    Points
    "Fisticuffs with your wife? But that's not fair!" / "My words exactly when I was down on the floor for the eleventh time."
    @lithiumzombie
  • tama001
    40
    Points
    Fisticuffs under the hood of a blue car. The performance is perfect, but sound is not good. The little 4 cylinder boxer engine. #artwiculate
    @tama001
  • tWordBird
    40
    Points
    Boxing Day is a day for mirth over lagniappes of worth. Fisticuffs Day, on the other hand, would be a day to box with hard knocks & clocks.
    @tWordBird
  • akhkoshur
    40
    Points
    Today is a day of fisticuffs - whosoever fisticuffs best will wear the crown
    @akhkoshur
  • MaxRaunchiness
    40
    Points
    You aren't hot enough for me to get into fisticuffs over you. He can have you.
    @MaxRaunchiness
  • pranavmukul
    40
    Points
    It takes five fingers to make a fist, but it takes just one misunderstanding to start fisticuffs.
    @pranavmukul
  • lithiumzombie
    39
    Points
    Fisticuffs? Oo-er, sounds a bit rude!
    @lithiumzombie
  • AdeleWard
    35
    Points
    I can't win on Artwiculate by wit, so I shall resort to fisticuffs
    @AdeleWard
  • silversteelwolf
    35
    Points
    Fighting over honor? Fisticuffs. Fighting over a misunderstanding? Feud.
    @silversteelwolf
  • jumpmonk
    35
    Points
    6 Degrees of Propinquity: 1° Fisticuffs | 2° Handcuffs | 3° Shared Cell | 4° Bonding | 5° Christmastime | 6° Cufflinks
    @jumpmonk
  • lithiumzombie
    35
    Points
    "Fisticuffs, dad?" / "Not now, son, I'm doing the tree. Why don't you ask your mother."
    @lithiumzombie
  • lithiumzombie
    35
    Points
    "Instead of going to war, opposing nations should settle quarrels by fisticuffs." / "Why not chess?" / "Oh, what fun!"
    @lithiumzombie
  • briantw
    35
    Points
    There is no reason for us to resort to fisticuffs to resolve this. Why don't we step inside and settle this like women?
    @briantw
  • marcosarroyos
    35
    Points
    Everyone called Tim and Wilber cream puffs, so when a fight broke out between them, they called it fistipuffs instead of fisticuffs.
    @marcosarroyos
  • marcosarroyos
    35
    Points
    What broke out between Tiger Woods and his wife was not fisticuffs, but nail scratches and a "stroke" with a golf club.
    @marcosarroyos
  • marcosarroyos
    35
    Points
    The Philistine and Israelite got into some fisticuffs, but the rock from the slingshot ended it quickly.
    @marcosarroyos
  • akhkoshur
    35
    Points
    winning a bout of fisticuffs never makes you happy, unless you are in the boxing ring
    @akhkoshur
  • harrarp
    35
    Points
    Fisticuffs? Sounds like a soggy knuckle sandwich!
    @harrarp
  • kado56
    35
    Points
    Luckily artwiculters confine themeselves to verbal haranguing. Should they ever resort to fisticuffs - Oh my, feathers will fly!
    @kado56
  • Tralala56
    35
    Points
    I'm not in the mood for an exhibtion of Artwiculate virility, so I'm not getting into verbal fisticuffs with anyone!
    @Tralala56
  • harrarp
    35
    Points
    Penumbra fisticuffs: bare handed shadow boxing.
    @harrarp
  • SJHatzi
    34
    Points
    Artwiculate's a fistful of wit, my bel ami. Fisticuffs of words for beaux esprits.
    @SJHatzi
  • SJHatzi
    34
    Points
    Duking it out in fisticuffs with life; will beaten black & blue. Still, heeding the voice from deep inside - I will survive.
    @SJHatzi
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    Fisticuffs is just a mind game like all fights & games. Relax, wait for an opening, feign, punch.
    @SJHatzi
  • 3lbsofluv
    30
    Points
    Fisticuffs is The Jerry Springer Show's mission/vision. #artwiculate
    @3lbsofluv
  • Tralala56
    30
    Points
    Working title for the Rocky films: Fisticuffs Forever
    @Tralala56

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