One word

Imbue

Word of the day on 14 October 2009.

Winning tweet

78
Points
onesparrow
Roses are red, violets imbue, oh Artwiculate, will I ever win you?

Good uses

  • MLatzke
    75
    Points
    Please hold while I imbue these tissues with the essence of swine flu.
  • chrisdetar
    59
    Points
    I want to imbue myself with self confidence but don't think I'm worth it.
  • THE_REAL_JHAQ
    55
    Points
    I asked the ram with horns askew "what bliss, thine aspect doth imbue?" he grinned and baa'd, "I say, screw ewe!"
  • tWordBird
    55
    Points
    Autumn leaves in rain | Imbue resplendent stained-glass | Still-life’s on grayed streets. #artwiculate #haiku
  • routermonkey
    54
    Points
    Unfortunately, blowing on the dice at the craps table doesn't actually imbue them with any sort of luck. #artwiculate
  • airynothing
    50
    Points
    I was hoping my morning tea would imbue me with some enthusiasm for the day...instead it just makes me pee. #artwiculate
  • TheSupercargo
    50
    Points
    Her arcane, lilting mantra was imbue d with an insidious yet ethereally fastidious bravado that touched his feral Spartan heart. :-))
  • airynothing
    50
    Points
    #artwiculate has become a boondoggle. I now imbue my tweets with a cacophony of insidious, arcane words aimed to give me hubris and bravado.
  • seeesquared
    50
    Points
    He said something about wanting to imbue me with something...needless to say there will be no second date.
  • harrarp
    50
    Points
    All that twitters is not told. Twicks and tweets is all I hold. Imbue me now twenty-fold. Amen.
  • MaryJenkins
    48
    Points
    "Imbue the knife w/ blood of newt&get with child a mandrake root,"cackled the hideous witch."I'd rather have the treat," squeaked the child.
  • chrisdetar
    45
    Points
    The kids had come to the Veteran's Day parade for candy but left imbue d with patriotism having seen the silver haired soldiers march by.
  • PuddleMonkey
    45
    Points
    The coach hoped his half-time pep talk would imbue the team with confidence, but the Fighting Artichokes had already lost heart.
  • ZimmerJohn
    45
    Points
    I try to imbue my daughters with a spirit of philanthropy towards others and a sense of wonder for the world. I imbue myself with beer.
  • ZimmerJohn
    45
    Points
    Innocent Ida, the young ingenue, so artless, so humble, so gay. A spirit of happiness she did imbue, for that was, quite simply, her way.
  • rjshrikant
    45
    Points
    I try to imbue myself with knowledge from @artwiculate, but my mind seems to work like a sieve, rather than a sponge! :(
  • DaveCurry
    40
    Points
    Desperate to imbue his child with a sense of self-worth, he stuffed her tiny pockets with benjamins and purchased new rims for her stroller.
  • revhappiness
    40
    Points
    Bartender, imbue me with sipping liquor that I may imbibe forthwith the Goggles of Inconsistent Beauty to snare a fair maiden.
  • indymavs
    40
    Points
    Rainy days and Monday's always imbue me with ennui.
  • marcosarroyos
    39
    Points
    Imbue-d with too much gin and too little tonic, Al told the officer he had imbibed no booze for 10 years. The Breathalyzer said different.
  • DrMobs
    38
    Points
    After being forced to imbue non-stop science for the last 3 days, my brain is now full and I would like to be excused.
  • rjshrikant
    35
    Points
    What did the fox-cub say after falling into a vat of blue-dye? " I'm 'bue'!! Imbue!!" :D
  • tWordBird
    35
    Points
    Monica’s dress was imbued with a now-infamous stain… & NOT from outdoor-rain. (Hmm. Wonder how much THAT dress’d be worth on ebay?) imbue
  • Ysabeluna
    35
    Points
    Is modern technology a boon or a bane/ must we screen/ the continuous stream/of sometimes arcane & ethereal knowledge imbue d in our brain?
  • tWordBird
    35
    Points
    @PuddleMonkey Murky puddle clears | Befuddled head now imbued | With clearness. Thx, dude! #artwiculate imbue #haiku (Reply-killin’ 3birds!)
  • goldenskye
    35
    Points
    With eyes closed and face upturned to bathe in the first delicate rays of winter sun, she willed it to imbue her with its gentle warmth.
  • just_S
    35
    Points
    Imbue, douse, shower, soak, steep, submerge, wet, whatever you wanna call it, when a puppy does it all over your shirt it's still not cute!
  • lithiumzombie
    35
    Points
    "Imbue us with thy knowledge, o Wise One!", said Liza to the Kindergarten teacher. At four years old, she was quite the little drama queen.
  • caslexplorers
    34
    Points
    Teacher's mantra: "Impart, imbue, imbed. Any way you can, get it in their head!"
  • ONeillio
    34
    Points
    I'd like to imbue you all musically with my version of The Chicken Song, but it's fowl.
  • tWordBird
    34
    Points
    WooHOO – I’ve just imbued the porn-bot with the new spam-slam (how ‘bout THAT for “wham, bam, thank-u-ma’am"?)! imbue #artwiculate @spam
  • tWordBird
    34
    Points
    It wasn’t the flu: turns out she was due - with not one, now, but TWO - due to his queue of imbue.
  • chrisdetar
    30
    Points
    Imbue d and lewd, the dude was shrewd as he chewed the food.
  • minibtweet
    30
    Points
    Memorable tweets are made by those who imbue their knowledge into 140 characters #artwiculate
  • jumpmonk
    30
    Points
    Imbue my Morning Brew with Grains of You, O Waking Wench, Barista, Secret Crush. (Fake Shakespeare goes to Starbucks.)
  • altrot
    30
    Points
    Call it bravado, but today I plan to imbue this stream with arcane references. You have been warned.
  • cambelina
    30
    Points
    Jerry was imbue d with "3 pints of Kramer," after an unfortunate accident with George's pudding-skin-cutting Exacto knife. #artwiculate
  • silversteelwolf
    30
    Points
    Each day I strive to imbue my tweets with charm, wit, and intelligence. Sometimes I even succeed.
  • crazyBobcat
    30
    Points
    One of the goals in my life is to imbue in my wife the patience to deal with anyone. #fb
  • dmriver
    30
    Points
    Twitter can't imbue me with brains, but I have got whiter teeth!!
  • StinaDip
    29
    Points
    i don't like to imbue my pants. #artwiculate
  • Ysabeluna
    29
    Points
    I am amazed at how some people imbue you with their obnoxious presence that mere sight of them trigger a compulsion to puke!
  • eightbitsoul
    29
    Points
    The definition of "imbue" leaves me dreading all the urine jokes just waiting to "flood" artwiculate.
  • just_S
    29
    Points
    So there I was imbuing my name in the snow when suddenly I thought, "imbue, I'mbue, I'm blue! Jeesh I need to shtop drinkinang after 10!"
  • kayveedw
    29
    Points
    Why do clever people boondoggle or tweet about ethereal matters when they could imbue their knowledge on others and teach them new words?
  • Kinkajou1015
    28
    Points
    If I imbue a button with the ability to remove stupid people from the planet, would you buy it?
  • caslexplorers
    27
    Points
    The ethereal Madonna tweet did, in fact, imbue the song Material Girl in my brain. Make it stop!
  • Hankster300
    27
    Points
    Imbue tiful no matter what they say. Words can't bring me down.
  • jpsmythe
    26
    Points
    I hab a terrible cold. And, to bake things worse, i think I'm imbue tent.

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