One word

Odalisque

Word of the day on 11 March 2010.

Winning tweet

78
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odalisque tryst? when harem met sally. #artwiculate

Good uses

  • JonPowles
    70
    Points
    Odalisque? No thanks. In my youth I might have wished for a harem. Now I just wish for hair.
  • navinsasikumar
    60
    Points
    The odalisque, graceful she was/ Perfect, without any flaws/ Yet, a slave to male desire/ Nudity her attire
  • MaltaGoddess
    56
    Points
    A slipped disk is the sad reminder of Elena's belly dancing days as an odalisque. "O, la disque!" She moans frequently.
  • agezoko
    55
    Points
    Odalisque:Finally a male cannot win a woman. #artwiculate
  • dmriver
    55
    Points
    blemish, small grey smudge ~ lightest flutter, heart skips, moth ~ odalisque shoulder
  • SJHatzi
    52
    Points
    No man worth being enslaved by would want a woman to be a slave to love. The new odalisque: virginal spirit, a slave to freedom.
  • emmaexpress
    50
    Points
    Said the naïve odalisque to the Sultan, "No thanks, I prefer to give up my virginity to some otto man".
  • lithiumzombie
    49
    Points
    'Odalisque? I have one of those at home!" / "Inflatable doesn't count."
  • TiddK
    49
    Points
    verbally enslaved ~ Artwiculate's odalisque ~ don't set me free . #haiku #artwiculate
  • AaronLivingston
    48
    Points
    Max thought he was attending an obelisk unveiling. Much to his delight it was an odalisque unveiling. He stood at attention.
  • Ysabeluna
    48
    Points
    you are my Matisse / i'm your reclining odalisque / shared love is a bliss / #haiku #poetry
  • catmar604
    48
    Points
    Oh my virgin eyes and ears ~ Ask me again to join your odalisque ~ And I'll bring out the garden shears
  • harrarp
    48
    Points
    The Sultan watched the scribe write "Metamorphosis of the Nymph" while he waited for another odalisque to turn into a concubine.
  • tama001
    47
    Points
    Turkey's prosperity and odalisque / rationale for their existence / hand down perfume of culture for eternity . #artwiculate
  • Tralala56
    46
    Points
    Naked nubile flesh ~ smooth, sensuous odalisque ~ evocative art #haiku #artwiculate
  • StarOfSavannah
    44
    Points
    Oh, odalisque with porcelian skin/ Reclined against crushed velvet pillow/ Pale canvas of her back/ Born of smooth brush strokes
  • OddlyStarry
    40
    Points
    It's not entirely grim for an odalisque. She can be promoted to concubine. #glassceilingshattered
  • MaxRaunchiness
    40
    Points
    I bought an odalisque and viagra, because I can't have one without the other.
  • kado56
    40
    Points
    Igor wants to know if the #Salon Artwois bar can shake up an "Odalisque"? Those Hairy Virgins have us right out of tooth picks.
  • Eridanus
    39
    Points
    Bond eyed the source of the wheezing, groaning sound in some surprise. "I am the Doctor. This is Odalisque, my new assistant."
  • SaraiLune
    38
    Points
    Dying loveliness, round softness, so pale in the heart of darkness - my odalisque.
  • jneen8
    37
    Points
    Odalisque-s dancing / Desire, passion and lust / Thousand and one nights. #haiku #artwiculate (Corrected!)
  • Wifsie
    34
    Points
    Bygone odalisque / your cries for freedom echo / through the gilded walls #artwiculate #haiku
  • TheSupercargo
    33
    Points
    Yes, @artwiculate and the artwiculati have today been struck by the odalisque curse of orientalism.
  • DrJillZ
    32
    Points
    @artwiculate Not satisfied to simply recline on her ottoman, the odalisque ran harum-scarum throughout the harem
  • Gardencomet
    31
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    I woke up in this gilded cage/ and flew into quite a rage/ how I hate to be confined/ odalisque in flesh not mind
  • routermonkey
    31
    Points
    Asterix and Odalisque were two of my favourite comic book characters when I was young. #artwiculate
  • marcosarroyos
    30
    Points
    Washington odalisque : Intern
  • CaliforniaKara
    30
    Points
    Osmar's obelisk makes his odalisque amorous.
  • DaveCurry
    30
    Points
    Odalisque twins? A pair amour.
  • tWordBird
    30
    Points
    Odalisque? Could you send me over a male version of that, please (pronto)? ;)
  • lagadu123
    30
    Points
    I'm no match for odalisque...maybe I'll give it a miss...
  • LBY3
    28
    Points
    @artwiculate The babysitter was something of an odalisque. That sounds dirty, but it isn't.
  • MaryJenkins
    28
    Points
    Lips painted to smile / Concubine or odalisque / Sad tears betray her. #haikuchallenge #artwiculate
  • symphonist
    28
    Points
    Eau d'lisque: an innocent, alluring, captive scent to enslave your man (marketing by Odalisque Ltd) #artwiculate

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