One word

Perambulate

Word of the day on 19 May 2010.

Winning tweet

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Perambulate got a new meaning when a perambulator was traded in for a stroller and my little daughter was getting ahead in life.

Good uses

  • TiddK
    70
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    Perambulate : all roads lead to Roam.
  • gwynethatschool
    65
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    Some of my students perambulate around the perimeter of knowledge and innovation. It's a leisurely sort of a circumnavigation
  • lithiumzombie
    65
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    "What's with all the goldfish bowls?" / "Oh, he likes to perambulate."
  • mazpow
    63
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    'Tis charming to perambulate, side by side. Just don't do it in the bloody supermarket in front of me.
  • yearning4d_sky
    60
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    hand in hand with thee~ I perambulate moon, stars, sky ~time just flies by #haiku #artwiculate
  • Wifsie
    60
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    RIP: My Beloved Mother - May she perambulate the green meadows of Heaven and keep us in her heart forever.
  • TheSupercargo
    59
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    RIP The Lord High Perambulate: He took the high road.
  • asim7asim
    58
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    perambulate me ~ through my sweet childhood ~ once again #haiku #senryu #artwiculate
  • Squawkingalah
    57
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    I'd rather perambulate than navigate. The twists and turns are more interesting than the straight and narrow.
  • MaltaGoddess
    56
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    Elena! No more street-walking - from now on we perambulate. I say we charge double for it too.
  • JonPowles
    56
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    Today i took my first step in eight weeks. To celebrate, the word of the day is "perambulate".
  • ariandalen
    55
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    Lord Perambulate gave in to his wanderlust and was never seen in his bailiwick again. #artwiculate
  • agezoko
    55
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    The husband who perambulate-s in front of a delivery room. #artwiculate
  • ultracutebot
    54
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    failed song lyrics - " Perambulate like an Egyptian" #thebangles
  • SJHatzi
    53
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    I perambulate in hazy mist / no - company I do no miss / I think of him, of course, and wish / but solitude is always bliss
  • Tralala56
    52
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    Perambulate is probably the only word my bilingual dog doesn't know!
  • baccatum
    51
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    In the morning, there is no perambulate before there is percolate.
  • ZimmerJohn
    51
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    If you would be on time, not late, then you must not perambulate. You may, of course, #artwiculate, but only one, not 38!
  • OddlyStarry
    50
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    We debate. We perambulate. We circumnavigate. Yet the question remains before us. What shall we have for dinner?
  • hfeaga
    50
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    giant gas planet / perambulate -s through space / dizzy in its own spin #artwiculate
  • ItzQuauhtli
    50
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    There's no need to circumambulate what one can perambulate. Don't be obstinate, gouge "I" out of poetry before its too late. #Artwiculate
  • arkadeep2008
    50
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    In an Austrian hotel catering to skiers: Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension. #artwiculate
  • TinaNguyen
    48
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    I have it on good authority that @SJHatzi likes to perambulate amongst six different dictionaries. #artwiculate
  • dmriver
    48
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    Nervous chicken wings perambulate with a micro wave.
  • lagadu123
    48
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    Perambulate ? Think I'll sit this one out. (You guys can push me around.)
  • helacious
    47
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    Asked to circumnavigate when I can barely perambulate, I stumble like an inebriate.
  • DonnaFaz
    47
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    Look at ME, he thought, adjusting his apricot ascot; I'll perambulate as if I were walking onto a yacht. He's so vain! #artwiculate
  • tama001
    46
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    perambulate the fields by bike / 'Double cherry blossoms' appeared in front of me / feel comforted. #haiku #senryu http://twitpic.com/1p2koz
  • silversteelwolf
    45
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    Destination inchoate, my love and I perambulate.
  • nedmw
    45
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    Perambulate? Ha! Today's WotD is a walk in the park #artwiculate
  • marcosarroyos
    43
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    When the guards perambulate Mando's cell block, they keep their distance from the bars. Out of shank's reach.
  • OldJoeStalin
    43
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    My ex-wife's mother perambulate s my yard while throwing rocks and curses at me. I wish she would get a life...away from me!
  • LBY3
    41
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    @artwiculate Ordinary people go for a walk. Writers perambulate.
  • LunaJune
    41
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    I let my mind perambulate through the stream, lovely uses of the word today #artwiculate
  • kado56
    41
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    MT @Tralala56: Perambulate is probably the only word my bilingual dog doesn't ignore!
  • Gardencomet
    40
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    Perambulate softly for you tread upon my dreams
  • Ysabeluna
    40
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    i perambulate ~ in search for suitable mate ~ almost desperate ~ #haiku #poetry
  • stephkat716
    39
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    perambulate softly in the dark / these sleepless nights / final remnants of her broken heart #artwiculate
  • dsceiorg
    39
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    Collective nouns: A scurry of working parents; A babble of infants; A perambulate of nannies #artwiculate
  • i_Rafat
    37
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    and miles to perambulate before I sleep, wish Frost played #artwiculate
  • mysocalledtweet
    36
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    Today, I overate. So, now, I need to perambulate. Otherwise, I'll be overweight---a condition my doctor will hate.
  • Lorcdy
    36
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    To perambulate after dinner used to be called to 'take an evening constitutional'.
  • DaveCurry
    36
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    Perambulate protégé? Roaming charge. #artwiculate
  • AaronLivingston
    35
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    Perambulate? All of these WOTD repetitions are making me feel like I'm going in circles. #artwiculate
  • yupius
    35
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    Go! go into hiding!/ tadpoles / elementary schoolboys perambulate in your pond #artwiculate
  • KevinEKennedy
    34
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    Off to bed, so I might perambulate around my mind and dream a little dream. #artwiculate
  • JoeKnaack
    34
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    Once your mind starts to perambulate the Internet for words of artwiculation, there is no stopping it #artwiculate
  • minibtweet
    34
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    Perambulate in my thoughts & dreams a world beyond is where I tread yet never a footprint #Artwiculate
  • Quatfest_Haiku
    33
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    Perambulate think I will have to walk away from this one

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