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Gumption

Word of the day on 05 April 2010.

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Wifsie
Women of substance / Gumption is etched in your souls / You shall own the world. #artwiculate
@Wifsie

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  • yearning4d_sky
    68
    Points
    Many a times gumption required ~to stand up for ~ what you believe is right #artwiculate
    @yearning4d_sky
  • JonPowles
    63
    Points
    Night swimmers ~ monsters in the deep still loneliness, teeth and terror and strangeness ~ we fight with gumption and love
    @JonPowles
  • lithiumzombie
    63
    Points
    Goldfish wit: bubble gumption
    @lithiumzombie
  • SJHatzi
    55
    Points
    When we are young, we've not as yet been beaten up. 'Tis when we are old it takes gumption to say "yes" to Love. So what?
    @SJHatzi
  • TiddK
    55
    Points
    I oil my wheelchair each day with gumption. The alternative? To curl up into a ball of immobility and die . #artwiculate
    @TiddK
  • tama001
    55
    Points
    the fallen dictator... / people's challenge begins / life of new gumption. #artwiculate
    @tama001
  • mazpow
    55
    Points
    I see true gumption every day. 10 year olds who can't read or write, surrounded by those who can, still trying.
    @mazpow
  • bwlightning
    55
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    Gumption makes up its mind, looks life square in the eye and says, "Whatever it takes." #artwiculate
    @bwlightning
  • baccatum
    55
    Points
    The rooster looked worried. That new farm girl was a virago. She clearly had gumption, and worse, she had pluck…
    @baccatum
  • dmriver
    52
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    Gumption on a rope is great, till it gets all short and curly.
    @dmriver
  • CaliforniaKara
    51
    Points
    Hey diddle diddle the Earth shook a little. My dog jumped over the couch and my gumption ran away with the quake.
    @CaliforniaKara
  • harrarp
    50
    Points
    What is this with a tug-o-war between Gumption and Lethargy, where - against all odds - Lethargy keeps winning?
    @harrarp
  • ultracutebot
    49
    Points
    overzealous gumption fueled by an unfounded presumption confused the poor bot & made her cpu malfunction
    @ultracutebot
  • navinsasikumar
    49
    Points
    RIP: My Lord Gumption - He had his guts ripped out of him
    @navinsasikumar
  • StarOfSavannah
    49
    Points
    Brightest eyes, with gumption alight/ Big dimpled grin/ As tiny hands stretch toward the cookie jar/ Certain of triumph
    @StarOfSavannah
  • celticgladiator
    48
    Points
    Since spunk and gumption r 1 in the same, then spunky mcgumption should b my name
    @celticgladiator
  • Tralala56
    48
    Points
    Mrs Gumption did it in the library with the dagger #cluedo #artwiculate
    @Tralala56
  • lagadu123
    46
    Points
    A stiff upper lip is no substitute for gumption
    @lagadu123
  • Ysabeluna
    45
    Points
    aging virago ~ no more gumption to say what ~ she means, & mean what she says #haiku #poetry
    @Ysabeluna
  • kado56
    45
    Points
    Looking at sky from schoolyard dirt, hovering bully boot planted on chest. Pure gumption hauls him upright, fists ready, surviving till bell
    @kado56
  • ale_bundy
    43
    Points
    no gumption, no glory #artwiculate
    @ale_bundy
  • ajeanne
    43
    Points
    What's for dinner? Gumption? Really? What kind of whine goes with that?
    @ajeanne
  • MaxRaunchiness
    42
    Points
    Hello, lovely lady, since I have the gumption to proposition you, you should at least have the courtesy to say yes.
    @MaxRaunchiness
  • OddlyStarry
    42
    Points
    ♫ Conjunction junction, what's your function? ♫ Hooking up words and phrases with gumption. ♫
    @OddlyStarry
  • kings_indian
    40
    Points
    ability to stick it out - chewing gumption
    @kings_indian
  • routermonkey
    40
    Points
    In spite of sticking to it, the gummi bear's gumption was unrewarded. Plagued by hangers-on, he was chewed up & spat out.
    @routermonkey
  • coinopratdchris
    39
    Points
    "You got spunk there, kid!" said my boss. "You mean gumption, sir?" I asked. "No, you've got some semen on your pant leg."
    @coinopratdchris
  • marcosarroyos
    39
    Points
    "Let's go to Louisiana and eat some seafood gumption." "Gumbo, you idiot!" "It takes gumption to eat ANYTHING over there!"
    @marcosarroyos
  • graffitipoet
    38
    Points
    A virago with gumption. Men are doomed.
    @graffitipoet
  • lippy73
    37
    Points
    When hope appears gone, it takes gumption to go on. #artwiculate
    @lippy73
  • DrMobs
    37
    Points
    I just had a dumbo light bulb moment: the surface cleaner is called Gumption because it's full of grit. #2neuronsnotconnected
    @DrMobs
  • silverne
    37
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    seven seas in between us/ but I smell perfume of your neck/ gumption of bleeding blind love/ hiding desire of a sadistic destiny
    @silverne
  • baavri
    36
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    yes, i have gumption to be different and rebellious because i am eccentric enough to defy stereotypes and stupid enough to still be happy
    @baavri
  • symphonist
    36
    Points
    Gumption means holding your ground even if the ground is shaking. #artwiculate
    @symphonist
  • mw1414
    35
    Points
    Keanu made an assumption/ Excess beverage consumption/ Would help him get laid/ Without having paid/ But he had a distinct lack of gumption
    @mw1414
  • AaronLivingston
    35
    Points
    If u got em by the short and curlies his heart and mind will follow. Gumption definined.
    @AaronLivingston
  • BurningHawk1969
    35
    Points
    It's getting so deep in here, I need to put on my gumption boots. #artwiculate
    @BurningHawk1969
  • catwaldron
    34
    Points
    I've got rhythm / I've got music / I've got gumption / Who could ask for anything more? #artwiculate
    @catwaldron
  • TheSupercargo
    34
    Points
    She crosses the room flicking a duster here and there theb stands still. MRS GUMPTION: My work here is done. Time for a nice cuppa!
    @TheSupercargo
  • gBaYgUrL
    33
    Points
    It took a lot of gumption for Lorena Bobbitt to cut of her husband's penis
    @gBaYgUrL
  • MaltaGoddess
    33
    Points
    If the bars around here would stop serving gumption they'd be out if business soon.
    @MaltaGoddess
  • minibtweet
    33
    Points
    The boy didn't have the gumption to go out & play his mother sighed he's a tech geek yet doesn't know how to hop, skip, jump! #artwiculate
    @minibtweet

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