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Lagniappe

Word of the day on 05 November 2009.

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94
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harrarp
If a lagniappe kicks the bucket, is it a dead giveaway?
@harrarp

Good uses

  • DrMobs
    90
    Points
    Dr " I'm sorry, but you have a very rare and fatal disease. There is a lagniappe, however, they're naming the disease after you."
    @DrMobs
  • chrisdetar
    60
    Points
    What is the lagniappe of a life well lived if not the people who changed you along the way and the changes you made in them?
    @chrisdetar
  • routermonkey
    55
    Points
    Remember, it's only a lagniappe if it's offered to you. You can't just help yourself and slip something in your pocket.
    @routermonkey
  • caslexplorers
    45
    Points
    Open letter to Artwiculate - Please provide a lagniappe by replacing 'Vote inaccurate' with 'This inspired me'
    @caslexplorers
  • tama001
    45
    Points
    I am glad that I get an unexpected lagniappe at any age. Thus I always overbuy... #artwiculate
    @tama001
  • SJHatzi
    45
    Points
    One man's lagniappe is another man's strife to feign he's pleasantly surprised.
    @SJHatzi
  • tWordBird
    45
    Points
    There’s really no such thing as a free lagniappe at all, IS there? I mean, SOMEbody has to pay for it, somehow, right?
    @tWordBird
  • lithiumzombie
    40
    Points
    I ordered a Robot-Dog, and to my astonishment there was a live Poodle in the box! Oh, and a lagniappe: a roll of tin foil.
    @lithiumzombie
  • chrisdetar
    40
    Points
    I usually don't like fruity drinks but that lagniappe was pretty good - maybe too much apple but just enough lasagna.
    @chrisdetar
  • SJHatzi
    40
    Points
    I'm not yet haunted by Artwiculate's word today. What a lagniappe to my day.
    @SJHatzi
  • DaveCurry
    40
    Points
    "That lagniappe is a trap!" cried Laocoön, admonishing the Trojans who disregarded his flap.
    @DaveCurry
  • tWordBird
    40
    Points
    Life’s loveliest largesse: Lagniappe.
    @tWordBird
  • lithiumzombie
    39
    Points
    The girls - twins - looked identical. Still you could tell by their names who was the older of the two: Una and Lagniappe.
    @lithiumzombie
  • letwitimate
    35
    Points
    baby-changing stations, for a resourceful few, have the added lagniappe of being baby-making stations
    @letwitimate
  • tWordBird
    35
    Points
    Lagniappe = The sound which landlubber dogs make (i.e. lan[d] yaps).
    @tWordBird
  • Ysabeluna
    35
    Points
    Daily Artwiculation is a lot of fun / whether u are Top 1 or ranked 101/ the lagniappe is new friends / from Timbukto, Kazakhstan & Taiwan
    @Ysabeluna
  • caslexplorers
    35
    Points
    Every conversation with my Muse is a lagniappe, wrapped in the most beautiful paper.
    @caslexplorers
  • onesparrow
    35
    Points
    Oh, Artwiculate! A win? What a lovely lagniappe. You shouldn't have!
    @onesparrow
  • DaveCurry
    35
    Points
    The incontinent lap dog left an unwelcome lagniappe in his lap.
    @DaveCurry
  • SJHatzi
    35
    Points
    Sometimes in life, a lagniappe is not having yet another thing go wrong.
    @SJHatzi
  • goldenskye
    35
    Points
    Turning the precious gem 'tween his fingers, light bouncing off its sharp edges, he considered the lagniappe. "Bonus or bribe?" he wondered.
    @goldenskye
  • ZimmerJohn
    30
    Points
    With a wink, the Cajun handed the Georgian beauty an extra crawdad. "Y'all consider that a Lousiana lagniappe, Miss Lana from Atlanta."
    @ZimmerJohn
  • lexiconehead
    30
    Points
    For whoever needs it during the workday, we've got a lagniappe room, complete with comfy futon & white-noise machine. And a Wii....
    @lexiconehead
  • lexiconehead
    30
    Points
    Some people prefer their lagniappe with clam sauce. I like cracker jacks with a prize.
    @lexiconehead
  • harrarp
    30
    Points
    I can't help it, but my suspicious nature tells me that every lagniappe has a catch.
    @harrarp
  • MaryJenkins
    30
    Points
    Lagniappe is finding money in your husband's pants pockets whilst doing laundry before a lunch date. Dessert was divine.
    @MaryJenkins
  • dxstewart
    30
    Points
    My Ph.D Mom forgot how simple I am: I got you a lagniappe. What? I asked in confusion. I got you another gift for your birthday. Sweet.
    @dxstewart
  • CaliforniaKara
    30
    Points
    "Honey," sighed the tired new dad, "can you put our little lagniappe down for her nap?"
    @CaliforniaKara
  • marcosarroyos
    30
    Points
    My grandson always wants me to take him to McDonald's, because he likes the lagniappe that comes with his Happy Meal.
    @marcosarroyos
  • Smoodle
    30
    Points
    I don't need some lagniappe. I'm waiting on a full fledged miracle.
    @Smoodle
  • K_Geddings
    30
    Points
    An ole Canjun once told me "dey ain't no betta lagniappe dan de beignet what been sprinkled wit love, I gawr-on-tee!" #artwiculate
    @K_Geddings
  • harrarp
    30
    Points
    If I can drop the indefinite article in a tweet, plus the adjacent space, that saves me two characters. See, that's lagniappe.
    @harrarp
  • TheSupercargo
    30
    Points
    @artwiculate I have NEVER seen or heard Lagniappe before! Unexpected - sure. Gift or benefit - well … How to pronounce it? Stress pattern?
    @TheSupercargo
  • TheSupercargo
    30
    Points
    "We picked up one excellent word [in] New Orleans ... lagniappe. They pronounce it lanny-yap." says Mark Twain = 3 syllables & 'g' nasalized
    @TheSupercargo
  • tWordBird
    30
    Points
    Sticky-buns or sticky-fingers? Lagniappe or lifted-gift?
    @tWordBird
  • Ysabeluna
    30
    Points
    some guys generally prefer pretty ladies with sexy bodies; being smart as well is a lagniappe ...
    @Ysabeluna
  • Ysabeluna
    30
    Points
    grandparents consider their grandchildren as most welcome lagniappe s. . .
    @Ysabeluna
  • TSupercargo
    29
    Points
    The word of the day @artwiculate is Lagniappe. #SCT
    @TSupercargo
  • SJHatzi
    27
    Points
    Murphy's Law lagniappe: everything that could possibly go wrong, did.
    @SJHatzi
  • dmriver
    25
    Points
    Thank you fellow artwiculators for all your retweets and votes. Coming second is the best lagniappe so far today. :)
    @dmriver
  • tWordBird
    25
    Points
    Lagniappe = The thirteenth sticky-bun in a “baker’s dozen.” Extra-yum! ☺
    @tWordBird
  • tWordBird
    25
    Points
    The economy’s brought business-bonuses to new extremes: Even corner hookers & drug dealers are now giving a lagniappe! :-O
    @tWordBird
  • tWordBird
    25
    Points
    A lagniappe is also called a “boot” by some, &/or “booty” (as w/pirates). Might be good not to get your booties mixed up! ;)
    @tWordBird
  • wdharrisjr
    25
    Points
    Uh oh. @artwiculate is using a Louisiana word today, "Lagniappe." i.e. What's this in my gumbo? Oh that's just a little lagniappe for ya.
    @wdharrisjr
  • tWordBird
    25
    Points
    It’s been said that the health-care industry is loaded with lagniappe leveraging's… they just call them “kickbacks” instead.
    @tWordBird
  • tWordBird
    25
    Points
    Should a lagniappe given by a secondhand-shop be thought of as a gift… or just free refuse-removal, for them?
    @tWordBird
  • marcosarroyos
    25
    Points
    Gloria took home a handsome hunk from the bar for a little romp. She scored a lagniappe from Steve the Hunk - and STD.
    @marcosarroyos
  • marcosarroyos
    25
    Points
    I opened a savings account at the bank and got a US Savings Bond as a lagniappe. Yeah, some lagniappe! I gotta pay taxes on that you know!
    @marcosarroyos
  • marcosarroyos
    25
    Points
    While waiting for the bus under a large shade tree, I received a little lagniappe on my shoulder from above. Damn grackles!
    @marcosarroyos

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