One word

Languor

Word of the day on 16 March 2010.

Winning tweet

77
Points
navinsasikumar
What do you call a dog's languor? Lassie -tude

Good uses

  • Tralala56
    73
    Points
    Sand slips between toes ~ warm air whispers on my skin ~ languor leaves me limp # haiku #artwiculate
  • drchavi
    70
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    I like the word "languor" It makes my laziness seem classy...
  • dmriver
    68
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    Three kids with bare summer feet and no saddles. Lying just alive on sweet smelling manes. All languor gone when the horses bolt for home.
  • kado56
    68
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    Look back in languor. Blur the jagged edges of regret.
  • OddlyStarry
    67
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    "Tired and Desperate Housewives" - starring Eva Languor-ia
  • harrarp
    65
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    Turning a page. Turning the wheel. Turning a corner. And there it is: Last Exit to Languor!
  • agezoko
    63
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    Languor which loves love. Philosophy is born from the tear which falls a cheek. #artwiculate
  • TiddK
    62
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    360º of languor : sleep around . #artwiculate
  • tama001
    60
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    heartfelt sigh / spring afternoon and ennui / amorous languor . #haiku #senryu #artwiculate
  • lithiumzombie
    57
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    dreamy moon rises / streaking silversweet languor / on your silken face #haiku #artwicuate
  • ultracutebot
    56
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    oh hebetudinous languor get thee away! when i'm w/ my love we make the most out of our day :)
  • JoeKnaack
    55
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    Now where did I put my languor ?Ahhhh...there it is...right next to my pillow. #artwiculate
  • routermonkey
    55
    Points
    Lou lay in limp, lazy languor, listlessly listening to lengthy, lethargic lectures. #artwiculate
  • JonPowles
    55
    Points
    Ars languor, tweeta brevis
  • ZimmerJohn
    54
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    On the island of Langor, the langur did linger; listless and languid, all languor no swinger. #artwiculate
  • MaxRaunchiness
    52
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    Languor in bed is fine when you're sleeping, but other times it's not, my dear. You were so lifeless I almost called 911.
  • Wifsie
    51
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    Do not look back with languor. Grasp the moment with ardor. Dream the future with candor. #artwiculate
  • minibtweet
    49
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    If I linger too long in my thoughts & dreams I would languor & get nothing at all done today! #artwiculate
  • chrisdetar
    48
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    The child's smile so infectious that my languor quickly faded.
  • lagadu123
    48
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    Linger-longer-languor ? That'll do nicely.
  • DrJillZ
    45
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    @artwiculate Sweet languor is the soft staccato of rain against my window as I nestle beneath my sheets
  • smeedha
    44
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    languor : yawn...i can't think of anything to tweet
  • StarOfSavannah
    44
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    Winter doldrums overtake me/ Languor leaves me paralyzed/ Daydream of warm sunshine on my ink stained skin
  • silversteelwolf
    43
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    Languor: I've fallen and I just don't feel like getting up.
  • Squawkingalah
    42
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    Overtaken by languor on the inside lane.
  • goldenskye
    42
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    In languor 'neath the willow tree; A pleasant thought occurred to me: If all the flowers could run free; Imagine the kaleidoscope you'd see.
  • emmaexpress
    41
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    If I weren't so hebetudinous I might find something interesting to say about languor.
  • Ysabeluna
    40
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    in life's daily rat race ~ i hunger for some languor ~ hugs, pats, & humor ~ #haiku #poetry
  • coinopratdchris
    40
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    Any languor evaporates when I'm with you, my love. You give me the energy to do anything.
  • SJHatzi
    40
    Points
    Sensual jazzy melody with a cigar and Calvados. Post prandial languor beneath the moon. We need no words.
  • bwlightning
    39
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    Languor is a storm beneath a calm-appearing sea, a wet devil of a tempest that drains my energy. #artwiculate
  • MaltaGoddess
    39
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    And while he lays, not quite asleep, watching him fall in languor, what tenderness, this. I kiss his lids.
  • osmarjardim
    37
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  • Gardencomet
    36
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    I was in such a state of languor that, before I could tell Max I wasn't that kind of a girl, I was
  • Wingpoem
    36
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    Feisty has left me for a more interesting playmate..today I'm stuck with Languor..
  • graffitipoet
    36
    Points
    The sleepy ending/Of a languor packed day/Susurrus Curtains
  • AaronLivingston
    35
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    Auld Languor Sine - for those of us who can't make it to midnight! #artwiculate
  • symphonist
    35
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    The languor of a lover ~ is not the love of languor ~ I'm staring out the window ~ because she's so far away. #artwiculate
  • dsceiorg
    34
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    Pear-Frisee Salad / then Spinach and Beet Gnocchi / a Tart, now languor #artwiculate #dinner
  • DrMobs
    34
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    Languor inducers/Angelic surround/Curled snug on air/As unerring cloud #anagrampoetry
  • marcosarroyos
    32
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    Languor-ous day on a tropical beach. Zack dozed under the green umbrella. The first tsunami wave took him out to sea.
  • LBY3
    32
    Points
    @artwiculate I was too lazy to teach myself that it's actually spelled "languor."
  • brookslampe
    31
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    He leans against the subway train window in agitating languor.
  • MaryJenkins
    31
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    There was a shoe, filled with languor and wishing to rest, who said to the hat, "You go on a-head, and I'll follow on foot." #artwiculate
  • SaraiLune
    30
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    the languor tweet has to sing- as a bird lulling you into the night -with a lullaby -coming from the darkness -labyrinth of my dream
  • silverne
    30
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    Paris: City of languor love

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