One word

Propriety

Word of the day on 29 December 2009.

Winning tweet

61
Points
drchavi
Propriety ...your definition or mine?

Good uses

  • Tralala56
    51
    Points
    Eccentricity: when propriety defenestrates!
  • harrarp
    50
    Points
    I used to be propriety, until they all pried on me, now I'm more proprivacy.
  • emmaexpress
    46
    Points
    Propriety: a word often used by those lacking in it.
  • ultracutebot
    43
    Points
    Excuse me, but have you seen my propriety ? I seem to have misplaced it somewhere....
  • AdeleWard
    40
    Points
    Too much public propriety leads to excessive private depravity. Discuss.
  • tama001
    38
    Points
    Please conduct oneself with propriety in Artwiculate. #artwiculate
  • navinsasikumar
    37
    Points
    Inebriety leads to paucity of propriety.
  • lithiumzombie
    37
    Points
    Paradise - perfection on the Eve of propriety
  • Ysabeluna
    36
    Points
    Paula's propensity for propriety poses problems for propinquity and no possible protestations from posterity
  • CaliforniaKara
    35
    Points
    The way some people act, you would think propriety is proprietary.
  • DrMobs
    34
    Points
    I'm sure it would be appropriate for me to be propriety if I knew what a priety was. An Irish potato?
  • SJHatzi
    34
    Points
    If you pee on an electric fence past the age of 15 you have no sense of propriety. Nor any common sense. It's nonsense.
  • OddlyStarry
    33
    Points
    Everybody's propriety is different. That's what makes us all the same!
  • marcosarroyos
    32
    Points
    Take it from me, propriety's not what it's cracked up to be.
  • caslexplorers
    32
    Points
    6° of Propinquity - 1° Propriety 2° When 3° in Rome 4° do as 5° the Romans 6° do
  • kado56
    31
    Points
    It would sheem dat in th'absence of sh...sh..sobriety, I show a shacking lock of p..p..propriety
  • StarOfSavannah
    31
    Points
    My mother once called me an immoral child. "Amoral," I corrected her indignantly. (Regardless, I lack propriety.)
  • goldenskye
    31
    Points
    A plethora of apologies does little to negate the absence of propriety.
  • TiddK
    30
    Points
    I have my own sense of what's right and wrong - proprietary propriety
  • dmriver
    30
    Points
    Good night all, I think I got thru the day with my propriety mostly intact, despite some severe provocation.
  • tWordBird
    29
    Points
    ♫ Plethora & propriety ~ Live together in perfect harmony ~ Side by side on my twitter keyboard ~ Oh, oh - why don't weeee?♫
  • ecoflic
    28
    Points
    When it's snowing outside, propriety means snow angels, igloo/snowman-army building & never snowballing innocent civilians.
  • catmar604
    28
    Points
    Tweetmance? For the sake of propriety, kindly bring down the DM curtain.
  • osmarjardim
    27
    Points
    Propriety depends on the side of the river you are. Correct here may not be there.
  • ZimmerJohn
    27
    Points
    Whenever his elves misbehaved, Santa accused them of imp-propriety. #pun #artwiculate
  • akhkoshur
    27
    Points
    Propriety is a Virtue, Property is an Asset
  • lagadu123
    26
    Points
    On Propriety Street, even demure is daring
  • 2tweested
    26
    Points
    Some question the propriety of my electric fence tweets. I question the propriety of peeing on the electric fence.
  • changememe
    25
    Points
    Propriety for 364 days of the year, impropriety for one. And that one is coming soon. #artwiculate
  • LBY3
    25
    Points
    @artwiculate Save propriety for 2010. Bid farewell to 2009 with a bacchanal.
  • SaraiLune
    25
    Points
    heart filled by propriety : hole devoid of emotions.
  • routermonkey
    23
    Points
    My sense of propriety prevents me from begging for last minute artwiculate votes.

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