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Hubris

Word of the day on 29 September 2009.

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114
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DoogieHowser_MD
@artwiculate The mohel, full of hubris, mustered the chutzpah to skip a snip during the bris.
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  • readsmallprint
    105
    Points
    Simon Cowell's fragrance "Hubris pour Homme" launches today, promising to convey the power of a high waisted trouser through musky tones.
    @readsmallprint
  • Daniel4is
    80
    Points
    Is it Hugh Bryss who bristles with hubris when you briskly hiss at his brusqueness?
    @Daniel4is
  • DrMobs
    65
    Points
    Hubris goes before a fall. So does debris if it's big enough to trip over.
    @DrMobs
  • lithiumzombie
    63
    Points
    I once had a pet mouse called Hubris. He would chase after cats while barking like a Rottweiler! It's such a shame I stepped on him.
    @lithiumzombie
  • nerdtheorist
    60
    Points
    I asked for hubris instead of humus at CiCi's today and the cashier called me a prideful cankerous whore.
    @nerdtheorist
  • UnmuddiedLake
    59
    Points
    He was a cocky circumciser. But damn, he was good at it. That moyle taught me a valuable lesson: Sometimes the best bris... is hubris.
    @UnmuddiedLake
  • jay_wfu06
    55
    Points
    Perhaps it is just lexicological hubris, but isn't this a particularly quotidian word for #artwiculate?
    @jay_wfu06
  • dave_d_84
    52
    Points
    My hubris brings all the boys to the yard...and they're like, we're prouder than ya'll. #artwiculate
    @dave_d_84
  • ecoflic
    50
    Points
    Some may call it hubris, but I call it... ME BEING AWESOME!!! ;D
    @ecoflic
  • yopopodawn
    50
    Points
    George, age 3, stood back and stretched. His Lego castle hubris was deplored by the other toys. Finally, robot dog Carl had had enough.
    @yopopodawn
  • PuddleMonkey
    50
    Points
    When asked if his hubris ever interfered with his duties as president, George W. Bush replied, "Isn't that some crap made from chickpeas?"
    @PuddleMonkey
  • grimnir
    50
    Points
    Hubris seems to fit you. Those pants, not so much.
    @grimnir
  • marcosarroyos
    50
    Points
    I give Richard Nixon all the credit for giving hubris a bad name. I bet he'd feel proud.
    @marcosarroyos
  • jeccaberta
    50
    Points
    had jane austen stuck to her original title -- hubris and prejudice -- i fear the classic would have far fewer dog-eared pages.
    @jeccaberta
  • kistindey
    50
    Points
    Hubris is as hubris does.
    @kistindey
  • redwall_hp
    49
    Points
    I have enough hubris to do this: Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down. Never gonna run around and desert you... :D
    @redwall_hp
  • revhappiness
    49
    Points
    Chuck Norris doesn't suffer hubris; it simply bows down before him and asks for a smiting.
    @revhappiness
  • rmvance
    48
    Points
    Why do I want "hubris" to share the fancy pronunciation that "debris" has? And yet my hubris lets me pronounce the s in "debris" for laughs.
    @rmvance
  • CarlOmniart
    48
    Points
    I will win today's Artwiculate without even using the word of the day in a sentence—I'm that damn good. #hubris
    @CarlOmniart
  • Cannonade
    45
    Points
    An intoxicated monkey once told me he could have written a more satisfying set of Star Wars prequels. Hubris? Probably not. @artwiculate
    @Cannonade
  • DaveCurry
    45
    Points
    Her hubris hurt.
    @DaveCurry
  • DF77
    45
    Points
    @artwiculate Baseball players, knowing they were going to be tested, displayed incredible hubris upon "roiding up" and risking all for ego.
    @DF77
  • vtek242
    45
    Points
    Is a man's hubris proportional to the size of his.... salary?
    @vtek242
  • _ado
    44
    Points
    Debris: What you get if someone full of hubris topples off his or her pedestal.
    @_ado
  • jd_sand
    44
    Points
    The Seven Deathly Trespasses: Concupiscence, Gourmandism, Pleonexia, Hebetude, Choler, Covetousness, Hubris.
    @jd_sand
  • ZimmerJohn
    40
    Points
    I'm sorry, but it would be beneath me to explain the meaning of hubris in a tweet.
    @ZimmerJohn
  • axisofphilippe
    40
    Points
    Yo Mike Tyson! Imma really happy for you and Im gonna let you finish, but Kanye had one of the best displays of hubris of all time. ALL TIME
    @axisofphilippe
  • FrancescoRizzi
    40
    Points
    "Laziness, Impatience, Hubris: the 3 great virtues of a programmer" for http://artwiculate.com/
    @FrancescoRizzi
  • thebigmonty
    40
    Points
    If pride comes before a fall then hubris comes before a badly fastened bungie jump.
    @thebigmonty
  • ryaninc
    40
    Points
    As the undisputed best person in the world, I am happy to say that I have successfully eliminated hubris from my attitude. #artwiculate
    @ryaninc
  • meridian
    40
    Points
    Like Oedipus and Creon, my tragic flaw is hubris. Only it won't be fatal for me, because I'm better than they are and the gods like me more.
    @meridian
  • ericwoodward
    40
    Points
    In his hubris, he had forgotten that the gods were not bound by the laws of mortal men, and that their retribution would be final.
    @ericwoodward
  • routermonkey
    39
    Points
    It is hubris on the part of most self-publishing authors to believe they can edit their own material.
    @routermonkey
  • thefunnygerman
    39
    Points
    in a fit of uncharacteristic hubris, the skinny girl with the nice hands corrected her doltish teacher: Ted Danson was NOT on Full House
    @thefunnygerman
  • TenaciousTanaka
    39
    Points
    I know everything and that's not hubris. I should know.
    @TenaciousTanaka
  • DaveCurry
    39
    Points
    His highness's herculean hubris honed Hermione's helplessness, heightened her hunger, halted her heartbeat.
    @DaveCurry
  • jdmancini
    38
    Points
    The hubris attitude of brick and mortar banks, especially given this economy, will drive customers towards atypical online banks.
    @jdmancini
  • cvonhinken
    38
    Points
    The kind of car a man drives is often a reflection of the size of his hubris.
    @cvonhinken
  • MBDil
    35
    Points
    @artwiculate Maybe it's my own hubris speaking, but the last couple of winning word uses have been kinda lame - especially compared to mine.
    @MBDil
  • ichigobby
    35
    Points
    @artwiculate If you look up "hubris" in the next revised English dictionary, don't be surprised to see Kanye West's picture next to it.
    @ichigobby
  • redwall_hp
    35
    Points
    The @artwiculate word of the day is "Hubris." Bah, I shouldn't have to use the words they picked in my tweets. I should just get points!
    @redwall_hp
  • bethswanson
    35
    Points
    If you pride yourself in your humility, is your modesty your hubris?
    @bethswanson
  • ahamshay
    35
    Points
    hubris creates mediocrity.
    @ahamshay
  • jalaffler
    35
    Points
    The word for today is: "hubris" - I got this one in the bag, suckers.
    @jalaffler
  • namelesswren
    35
    Points
    They mistook her silence for hubris, and teased and mocked her; so when Suzy turned 16 she bought a one way bus ride to Shermer Illinois.
    @namelesswren
  • JoeyCoonce
    35
    Points
    Is it still hubris if my arrogance is justified? @artwiculate
    @JoeyCoonce
  • OddlyStarry
    35
    Points
    Is it hubris to think I might ever win a day of #artwiculate?
    @OddlyStarry
  • twhitbeck
    35
    Points
    Humility brings God's grace; hubris brings His opposition. http://ow.ly/rxH8
    @twhitbeck
  • crazyBobcat
    35
    Points
    We are not the solution. Instead, our hubris has made our very presence a cancer on nature. #fb
    @crazyBobcat

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