One word

Loiter

Word of the day on 23 January 2012.

Winning tweet

69
Points
kzone8
Loiter? I'm not hanging around for this one. #artwiculate

Good uses

  • mazpow
    61
    Points
    If you believe Christopher Plummer, loiter in the Austrian Alps long enough and idle vice is an inevitability.
  • SJHatzi
    50
    Points
    To know stillness together / And be bored by the ordinary / To loiter and fritter a Sunday away / One day... one day. #Artwiculate
  • rowemag
    46
    Points
    When he wasn't galloping across sand, Laurence of Arabia liked to loiter within tent. #artwiculate
  • gorgeousratty
    45
    Points
    2 lovers loitered on a bridge/ their lips were all aquiver/ then they kissed & her leg fell off/ & floated down the river #anon #artwiculate
  • stair71
    45
    Points
    The Pope has banned my new book, In Praise of Shameless Loitering; apparently, the Church forbids worship of the brazen idle #artwiculate
  • MyVogonPoetry
    43
    Points
    Carpe Loiter — Seize the Stay. #artwiculate
  • lagadu123
    43
    Points
    Word of the Day has rolled over and I loiter still. Wonder if I'll ever have any power over my will? #artwiculate
  • vivchook
    42
    Points
    Was a young girl with a goitre~around the bars she did loiter~never stopped home~not once alone~The shame that she is my doiter #artwiculate
  • peterjcaseytwit
    40
    Points
    Our still water is sold by the loiter. #artwiculate
  • brudberg
    40
    Points
    When I´m dreaming ~ there is no winter ~ I loiter in summer ~ sunshine on your skin ~ I cover you in kisses #5lines #artwiculate
  • paulinejg23
    40
    Points
    Don't loiter near a riot scene lest you be taken for a looter later. . #artwiculate
  • Flickword
    39
    Points
    I usually #loiter with Intent. He and I go back a long waste of time. #artwiculate
  • Elixir_V
    38
    Points
    Zombies loiter. 28 days loiter. #artwiculate
  • reubenacciano
    38
    Points
    #loiter Ok, I was hoping for a linger word... #artwiculate
  • TheSupercargo
    38
    Points
    Gertie was a lazy girl. / Gertie had a goitre. / All the kids for miles around / called Gertie "Goitre Loiter". #artwiculate
  • marcosarroyos
    37
    Points
    When I go to my office, I'd rather loiter than work. It's hard for observers to distinguish one from the other.
  • asim7asim
    36
    Points
    A cow used to loiter/outside a posh theatre/for a scope to enter/but during his dawdle/felt thirsty for a caudle/and entered a bar
  • loislane69
    36
    Points
    Loiter - in Birmingham, a small hand held device with a wheel and a flint used for igniting cigarettes #ued #artwiculate
  • elenoreally
    36
    Points
    I irritate the police - I go camping and loiter within tent. #artwiculate
  • MaxRaunchiness
    36
    Points
    Let's loiter again like we did last summer, if you get my drift.
  • Trudski2012
    35
    Points
    When an earthquake hits you tend to hang around outside until the all clear, there's a whole loiter shaking going on #artwiculate
  • juswal
    35
    Points
    @artwiculate Did you hear about the lazy camper? He was charged with loitering within tent.
  • harrarp
    35
    Points
    Please wait to be seated, feel free to loiter. #Artwiculate
  • leoniedoyle
    34
    Points
    Loiter—that's a bloody good lurk, that is, @artwiculate.
  • jdubqca
    34
    Points
    if you're going to loiter you may as well lollygag too #artwiculate
  • Tralala56
    33
    Points
    Every evening I go home and loiter with intent in front of the fridge. The intent is the easy bit. It's knowing what to cook that's hard!
  • Lynsm7
    33
    Points
    What do you call an Irishman who's lost three stone.........Loiter. #artwiculate
  • steveandhens
    33
    Points
    Oifter you toik it, your loips soita pooker oop ond you foil loit headed. Then loiter yoo lose the oose f yoo tng. #artwiculate
  • mmechomski
    33
    Points
    Here I am on Twitter again. Because I always loiter longer than I oighter. #artwiculate
  • lovelysqualor
    32
    Points
    If all you want to do is stand idly by, then I guess I'll see you loiter. #artwiculate
  • dsceiorg
    31
    Points
    The Loiter Martini – 1 pt vermouth; 4 pts gin; Shake, strain and pour; Top with an olive – The only martini worth a linger #artwiculate
  • Tokidoll
    31
    Points
    Mall Teasers, the loiter way to enjoy chocolate #artwiculate
  • MaltaGoddess
    31
    Points
    The man that knows knows how to loiter, knows how to make love to a woman, cheries. For what is a woman's body for, but to be dawdled on?
  • deemadigan
    30
    Points
    New Jersey- the only place loiter rhymes with daughter. #artwiculate
  • NomdyPloom
    30
    Points
    Loiters: Chinese news agency. #artwiculate
  • Dads_Arnie
    30
    Points
    Police are considering bringing charges against the Occupy London protestors. They believe they may be loitering within tents. #artwiculate
  • gcgm66
    30
    Points
    At dawn I loiter by the shore, watch sunrise boiling from the east and know that time and tide and silent salt will heal my weathered soul
  • afcoory
    30
    Points
    We’ve loitered for hours, my little girl & me, picking daisies & making daisy chains; those delicate links that bind us #Artwiculate
  • shefcrispie
    29
    Points
    #artwiculate Loiter (n) Device for igniting cigarettes in the Birmingham area of Britain #UED
  • ERN_Malleyscrub
    28
    Points
    Thou loiter thy tongue but awhile here in my lips, evening drifts towards nights desires, heat meets sweetly and completely #artwiculate
  • petenoc
    28
    Points
    Never mind the spirit of Newton's First Law of Motion, the Loiter of the Law clearly defines what makes one inert. #artwiculate
  • mativity
    27
    Points
    Instead of toiling with intention, always forswearing play; let's linger round the hours, and loiter out the day #artwiculate RT
  • permabloom
    26
    Points
    Superman's groupie: Loiter Lane. #artwiculate
  • jwla
    26
    Points
    There should be a huge Loitery. If you win, you get to hang around for a few more years than you normally would. #artwiculate #loiter
  • ATsince1973
    25
    Points
    Great Loiterers of History #126: Martin Luther. "Here I stand. I can do no other!"
  • Hashithappens
    25
    Points
    Strangers dont always loiter: they're just hanging around cos they like hanging, but sometimes just walk on by #artwiculate #lostconsonants
  • designarhyme
    25
    Points
    No officer, I wouldn't loiter / Merely a quick reconnoitre. #artwiculate
  • Lorcdy
    25
    Points
    LOITER is an old fashioned word for HANG OUT that is often used pejoratively. #artwiculate

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