One word

Otiose

Word of the day on 26 August 2010.

Winning tweet

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navinsasikumar
Why was playing Scrabble otiose? I could just string together a fu~tiles

Good uses

  • shaunarum
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    Adios, otiose gadgets. You once inspired visions of culinary wonders, but now you gather dust and mock me with your silence. #artwiculate
  • harrarp
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    Otiose USA: American Idle.
  • DarkHaikuMoon
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    Slip into my arms - and dance an otiose waltz - until morning comes #haiku
  • mazpow
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    Otiose is one of those Artwiculate words I actually might start using. Wouldn't it be beautiful in school reports?
  • asim7asim
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    Welcome to Hotel Otiose : pass your time in leisure like us. #artwiculate
  • prashanthm18
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    What do you call an otiose singer? an American Idle.
  • languageNhumor
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    The Otiose Aquarium LOOKS nice but has no porpoise. #artwiculate (otiose)
  • TiddK
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    Otiose is as otiose doesn't. #artwiculate
  • minibtweet
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    Otiose skeletal remains he was bone idle #Artwiculate
  • beezknez
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    I feel its breathe to my ear ~ secrets whispered in a breeze ~ such otiose messages ~ I grasp to understand #artwiculate
  • nedmw
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    Why did Monsieur Otiose burn down his orchard? It was fruitless
  • Ysabeluna
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    \ otiose existence\ it may seem\ as we share zephyr moments on stream\ you are the excitement on my screen\ #artwiculate #lqw #gogyohka
  • mwwise
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    All things otiose - the beanless beanbag chair, neutered pet rocks, denatured vodka, dehydrated water, most of my #artwiculate entries.
  • FrankSiddarta
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    Otiose - sounds just like more spam to me
  • lagadu123
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    Narcolepsy onset forces reluctant sale: one herd of sheep, now otiose. #yayforrecycledtweets
  • SJHatzi
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    Italian otiose: Dolce far niente
  • TheSupercargo
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    Young Rip W feared a genetic predisposition to narcolepsy. The doctor put his mind at rest: You otiose pubertal hypochondriac!
  • ale_bundy
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    Otiose bucks? non-cents
  • MaryJenkins
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    Entropy is in perpetual motion, and Maxwell's demon guards with devotion. Chaos forces fast the clock, and Otiose sits with writer's block.
  • KnitForJoy
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    Otiose Airlines: Do we HAVE to take you anywhere?
  • i2Haiku
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    A wisp of smoke / swirled by a zephyr / indicating nothing / no purpose / utterly otiose #artwiculate #gogyohka #lqw
  • ChrisTwitery
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    My otiose heart / is wrapped up in brown paper / and tied up with string #haiku
  • chemingineer
    29
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    Grandiose is otiose in #artwiculate. Be precise.
  • dsceiorg
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    Collective nouns: An antonym of word contests; A canvas of creative souls; An otiose of plagiarists #artwiculate
  • marcosarroyos
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    It's like the chicken and the egg. Are you otiose before you work for the government, or does it come after you begin?
  • Lomnoir
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    What do you call a moot argument? An otiose oration.
  • i_Rafat
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    Call me indolent rather than Otiose, it's classy. #artwiculate
  • Squawkingalah
    27
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    My Labradors are otiose, and we all like it that way.
  • AaronLivingston
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    Otiose Method: Useless questions tending to establish nothing. #artwiculate
  • carolstett
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    Mairzy doats and otiose and liddle lamzy divey... #artwiculate
  • ArtDr3amer
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    Artwiculate: The perfect hobbie for otiose minds.
  • Lorcdy
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    Retirement provides us time for otiose enjoyments. #artwiculate
  • silverne
    25
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    you and me/ lamp and light/ otiose existence/ fatal dependence #artwiculate
  • ariandalen
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    Alas, Master Otiose: he doesn't rise to the occasion. #artwiculate
  • Gardencomet
    24
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    I've raised otiose to an art form
  • runheidi
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    She's vapid, she's otiose, her life is a waste. Yet, he adores her; there's no accounting for taste. #artwiculate
  • cmollerstuen
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    The race between the t-otiose and the hare served no practical purpose at all.
  • JonPowles
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    Even though Otto the Odious Otiose Octopus had eight arms, he wouldn't lift a finger to help anyone. He really sucked.
  • MetalRabbit13
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    Cats are seen by some as being otiose. They remember being worshiped as gods in Egypt & wait 4 us humans, 2 remember it 2. #artwiculate
  • Charm47
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    I lollygag, therefore I am otiose. #artwiculate
  • 19ish
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    He was superfluous and otiose. Isn't that redundant? #artwiculate
  • TheIowaTaxLady
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    Otiose Wimpy: / I'll gladly pay you Tuesday / Popeye buys burger #haiku #artwiculate
  • OddlyStarry
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    He lazed in his malfunctioning hot tub. She'd called him "otiose in every sense of the word". She was right, of course. He smiled.
  • chrisloft
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    Let's drink a toast, to our friend, Otiose - he was useless, morose and verbose.

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