One word

Lassitude

Word of the day on 23 October 2009.

Winning tweet

75
Points
MaryJenkins
"Arf, arf, bark." "What's that, Lassitude? Timmy fell in the well a week ago, and you were too exhausted and uncaring to let us know?!"

Good uses

  • TheSupercargo
    65
    Points
    Did you hear about Sahibbucks, the fashionable Indian cafe? They've started selling lassitude - lassi, with attitude.
  • ZimmerJohn
    60
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    "Lassitude Come Home: But Only If You Feel Like It" - One of Lassie's less successful movies in the twilight of her career.
  • lithiumzombie
    50
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    Lassie Stays Home - In this episode Lassie suffers from severe lassitude, and Little Timmy down the well has to be saved by Flipper.
  • josephinia
    40
    Points
    the lad his chest he did extrude with attitude ~ the lass her gum she chewed with lassitude ~ said he 'forever' ~ said she 'whatever'
  • indymavs
    40
    Points
    My lassitude contributes to my attitude so please cut me some latitude
  • TheSupercargo
    40
    Points
    Lassitude: Sensation of deep bone-weariness that comes over a man when his partner suggests taking him clothes shopping.
  • tWordBird
    40
    Points
    Spring’s shy sprightliness/ Summer’s sizzle, fickle fall / Lead to lassitude. #haiku #poem #winter #artwiculate
  • SJHatzi
    40
    Points
    I have an aptitude for lassitude.
  • dmriver
    40
    Points
    Lassitude: yeah whatever.
  • caslexplorers
    40
    Points
    Some people attribute my lassitude to a lack of ambition. I don't lack ambition, I lackadaisical.
  • routermonkey
    40
    Points
    Twitter ate another one of my tweets, but my lassitude has kept me from fixing it. #artwiculate
  • TheSupercargo
    35
    Points
    Teacher to lazy schoolboy: "With your lassitude, I'm afraid you will never amount to much!" Boy, indignant: "Are you calling me a lassie?!"
  • DaveCurry
    35
    Points
    From "Cooking with Lassitude" comes this recipe for Air Pudding; Open your mouth, now close your mouth. You done had your dinner.
  • JoeyCoonce
    35
    Points
    I'll give a wide lattitude to your attitude of lassitude, since it's magnitude indicates that you prefer solitude despite my pulchritude.
  • tWordBird
    35
    Points
    Jet lag: the lassitude of latitude amplitude.
  • revhappiness
    35
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    Sociologists are now referring to two new teenage groups: lassitude and ladditude. In social pairings they end up in a horizontal latitude.
  • chrisdetar
    35
    Points
    If not for her lassitude he would have latituded her longitude
  • caslexplorers
    35
    Points
    My get up & go got up and went All of my day on the couch was spent Lassitude grabbed me wouldn't let go And so on and so on and so ennui go
  • PuddleMonkey
    35
    Points
    Because of my lassitude, surely the result of decrepitude, I slipped and, pardon the crassitude, fell on my...oh, who cares?
  • Ysabeluna
    35
    Points
    I twist, I turn , but sleep is out of sight/ at dusk and into the night / I succumbed to lassitude & finally slept tight
  • SJHatzi
    35
    Points
    Less is more in lassitude.
  • routermonkey
    35
    Points
    "Is there anything I can get you?" she asked. "Another pillow please" he answered with lassitude.
  • chrisdetar
    30
    Points
    After long hours in deep thought, his whole body was overtaken by great lassitude. #artwiculate
  • OddlyStarry
    30
    Points
    Winter's deepest noon / Sun's rays shine with lassitude / Cold ground overwhelms #haiku #artwiculate
  • una_duessa
    30
    Points
    When my thesis director asks why my treatise on Spenser blows massive chunks, I shall blame my utter lassitude. Or maybe monkeys.
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    The sensual lassitude of harems beguiles more than just the pasha.
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    August afternoon / island white and blue / delicious summer lassitude
  • CaliforniaKara
    30
    Points
    Tired of running around and saving people from wells, Lassie went on strike. Timmy asked, "Why the lassitude, girl?"
  • tWordBird
    30
    Points
    Lassitude antonym: “Lassie-tude”–having the alacritious attitude of that legendary & amazing collie who had a keen & agile eagerness 2 help.
  • Ysabeluna
    30
    Points
    The runner's lassitude is getting in the way to finish the game, luckily his shoe laces twisted and aided him tumbling down the finish line
  • Ysabeluna
    30
    Points
    My lassitude today is an after effect of yesterday's faux pas, but then I am deleting and re-tweeting again ...please be well now Twitter
  • arcangeld
    30
    Points
    Lassitude: (n) : lazy ass attitude.
  • eightbitsoul
    29
    Points
    I once had a collie named Lassitude. Lazy dog wouldn't save me from an abandoned well even if my pants were made of high-quality bologna.
  • tWordBird
    29
    Points
    Lassie’s Lassitude #failedchildrensbooktitles #artwiculate
  • justscribbling
    25
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    Perhaps lassitude is the cause of Twitter going wonky yesterday; any IT professional knows even computers have their moods. #artwiculate
  • Ysabeluna
    25
    Points
    Lassitude is "lazy attitude" ( but not me, I keep re-submitting lost tweets)
  • SJHatzi
    25
    Points
    I'd rather have no vicissitude in my lassitude.
  • tWordBird
    25
    Points
    Need2 Lift Yr Lassitude? Amplify Yr Alacrity? Oomph Ur Ouvre? Escalate Yr Ebullience? CONCOCT SOME CONSIDERABLY CAFFEINE-CONFLATED COFFEE!!
  • SJHatzi
    25
    Points
    Deserted beach / blue blue blue sea / lassitude sweet
  • SJHatzi
    25
    Points
    Any Kung Fu practitioner knows how to combat lassitude: you go with the flow.
  • JoeyCoonce
    25
    Points
    The speed of traffic encountered whilst on my evening commute certifies that the city's lassitude is as debilitating as my own.
  • SJHatzi
    25
    Points
    The passionate pursuit of lassitude leaves something to be desired.
  • marcosarroyos
    25
    Points
    You could blame Carl's lassitude on his penis's flaccitude, but his prescription for Viagra should fix both - and his attitude.
  • SJHatzi
    25
    Points
    changes in latitude = changes in lassitude, dude
  • marcosarroyos
    25
    Points
    Danny's lassitude had begun to worry his wife. He didn't even respond to her amorous overtures. That cattle prod sure brought him around.
  • tofias
    25
    Points
    What am I doing? Nothing. I'm consumed by lassitude after teaching and walking home in a driving rain.
  • DaveCurry
    25
    Points
    Lassitude: (las·si·tude) n. 1. The disposition of a celebrity animal: "Tinkerbell is coppin' a lassitude." #artwiculate
  • tWordBird
    25
    Points
    Orange you glad you don’t have lassitude? #failedknockknockjokepunchlines #artwiculate
  • Ysabeluna
    25
    Points
    Perk up lassitude by the right attitude

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