One word

Ostensibly

Word of the day on 13 May 2010.

Winning tweet

82
Points
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Ostensibly it appears I'm a minor player on #artwiculate but we all know I'm really a winner

Good uses

  • arkadeep2008
    80
    Points
    She went to night classes ostensibly to learn car repair, but really to meet men. #artwiculate
  • asim7asim
    70
    Points
    your aloofness ~ obvious ostensibly ~ oscillation of love #haiku #artwiculate
  • TiddK
    67
    Points
    you and I circle ~ ever close, never merging ~ Love, Ostensibly . #haiku #artwiculate
  • agezoko
    62
    Points
    Although I look intellectual ostensibly, I am a human being untidy in practice. #artwiculate
  • SJHatzi
    60
    Points
    Ostensibly friends. Yet, each night I dream we kiss.
  • lithiumzombie
    56
    Points
    Ostensibly, my life is about my goldfish. But in fact, my goldfish is about my life.
  • harrarp
    55
    Points
    Here at Ostensibly Inc. we are proud to judge every book by its cover.
  • lagadu123
    51
    Points
    Hershey's. Ostensibly chocolate.
  • StarOfSavannah
    49
    Points
    Ostensibly masked shy dragon/ Observant poet bends words/ Erects monuments to everyday life #GuessWho
  • Gardencomet
    48
    Points
    The whale surfaced near the tourist boat ostensibly to breathe but it really wanted to be photographed
  • emmaexpress
    43
    Points
    Ostensibly reading a book. Inwardly living a character's life.
  • TinaNguyen
    43
    Points
    ostensibly meek / the tiny mouse poet / roared #haiku #artwiculate
  • Ysabeluna
    42
    Points
    artwiculattis are ostensibly word maven, just read entries & decide if witty, funny or a murder of WOTD ;-)
  • OddlyStarry
    42
    Points
    Cass asked Zak to go for a walk with her after lunch. "It's good exercise :)" Ostensibly.
  • Wifsie
    41
    Points
    Pink blossom kissed by first light ~ the most delicate blush, ostensibly ~ who remains unfazed by its beauty? #artwiculate
  • dmriver
    41
    Points
    Ostensibly religious pirates prefer volume, aaarrr is raised to a higher power.
  • mazpow
    41
    Points
    Ostensibly ours, yours. Ostensibly forever, over.
  • OldJoeStalin
    40
    Points
    Ostensibly, I had a chance with the French girl. But, the truth was I didn't have a snowball's chance in hell.
  • BurningHawk1969
    39
    Points
    In a world where spam is ostensibly meat and ketchup is ostensibly a vegetable, is it any wonder that magic is ostensibly dead?
  • tWordBird
    39
    Points
    I am, ostensibly, a bird. :)>
  • lippy73
    39
    Points
    It is not ostensibly I love you / but completely to the core / and beyond / to eternity #micropoetry #artwiculate
  • Lorcdy
    37
    Points
    Ostensibly the / revenant was a specter / but not really Phil. #Artwiculate #Weird #haiku
  • MaxRaunchiness
    37
    Points
    Ostensibly redheads are a rara avis, but nowadays I see them everywhere! And oh, isn't that a roué's dream? #WONDERlust
  • osmarjardim
    35
    Points
    Ostensibly wonderful. Because it's Spring.
  • tama001
    35
    Points
    Ostensibly, I'm cat. I take a stroll through the Twitter to look for artistic Artwiculate tweet, but there are some exceptions. #artwiculate
  • baccatum
    35
    Points
    Ostensibly, the dryer had been shrinking my clothes. Clearly the cause. Clearly.
  • hfeaga
    35
    Points
    so malapert he / you'd think ostensibly / his depths deeper than the sea #haiku #senryu #artwiculate
  • marcosarroyos
    34
    Points
    Ostensibly, Mando is always unarmed. Don't count on it! He has orifices you never heard of, made just for shanks.
  • prashanthm18
    33
    Points
    Ostensibly, I am hilarious. #artwiculate
  • yearning4d_sky
    33
    Points
    Ostensibly Awake~eyes wide open~ Mankind hurtles towards its doom ~impervious to climate change
  • AaronLivingston
    33
    Points
    Ostensibly yours: fancy pre-nuptial talk #artwiculate
  • JonPowles
    33
    Points
    Ostensibly, Nick Clegg is now a statesman. Actually he is a grasping, double-dealing, spineless little prick.
  • gBaYgUrL
    33
    Points
    At night in your arms ~ Ostensibly you are mine ~ Your thoughts are on her #haiku #artwiculate
  • dsceiorg
    33
    Points
    So called deviance / You're ostensibly unsure / of your own desires #haikuthrowdown
  • jansjens
    32
    Points
    although some people are ostensibly smiling, a closer look in their eyes shows what they truly feel inside.
  • HourlyDavidson
    32
    Points
    Ostensibly antarctic : the tip of the iceberg
  • LBY3
    32
    Points
    @artwiculate Ostensibly, coming up with something clever (or several clever somethings) to say each day should be easy. But it rarely is.
  • stephkat716
    30
    Points
    ostensibly happy, alone at night she cries. it's all a facade, a blanket of lies. #artwiculate
  • bwlightning
    30
    Points
    Ostensibly is one of those words that seems like it means more than it does!
  • gourenina
    30
    Points
    When my mother introduced us to her friend Nelly, we chatted politely, ostensibly oblivious to the elephant in the room.
  • minibtweet
    29
    Points
    Artwiculate, ostensibly a game to help us learn new words or gain votes to achieve a place in the top 20 #artwiculate
  • helacious
    29
    Points
    Ostensibly grieving, I am inwardly blank; that which I could not bear now need not be borne, though I don't know where it's gone.
  • Squawkingalah
    29
    Points
    Igor was ostensibly there to be punished but the fact was that everyone enjoyed the spanking.
  • Quatfest_Haiku
    28
    Points
    Ostensibly this is not a good tweet #artwiculate
  • DaveCurry
    28
    Points
    Ostensibly another privacy debacle? Yes, on the Facebook of it.
  • lawyergirl3
    28
    Points
    Ostensibly tough as nails, at the end of a long day in court, the prosecutor just wanted to be pampered.
  • K_Geddings
    27
    Points
    This is a classic example of why I have ostensibly given up even trying to be remotely creative for @artwiculate.
  • honeygloom
    27
    Points
    Ostensibly, I'm an intelligent person, yet I try and argue religion with my mother every time I see her.

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