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Pusillanimous

Word of the day on 16 February 2010.

Winning tweet

72
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dmriver
If more were pusillanimous, would there be more war or less peace?

Good uses

  • harrarp
    66
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    Tonight Live: Tears for Fears at the Pusillanimous Shelter.
  • Tralala56
    63
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    A hobbledehoy is often pusillanimous, lacking the maturity and confidence to take the actions worthy of them.
  • navinsasikumar
    61
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    What did the pusillanimous chicken do to become bold? He took out his feathers and started calling himself plucky!
  • SJHatzi
    61
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    The pusillanimous see unfairness in the impersonal and scarcity in an abundant world. And never enough love.
  • coinopratdchris
    60
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    Pusillanimous? That's too long for an insult. No wonder we shortened it.
  • TiddK
    57
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    Guy goes into a bar and orders a Pusillanimous. Barman: "I can't - I've lost my bottle."
  • JonPowles
    55
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    I have just watched the men's downhill. Pusillanimous? Those guys don't know the meaning of the word.
  • MaltaGoddess
    53
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    The pusillanimous? They're so vain, they probably think this tweet is about them.
  • ultracutebot
    53
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    often those who brag the loudest about their sexual prowess are actually pusillanimous about being amorous
  • tama001
    52
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    The pusillanimous kitten dream a petty dream... nice dream. In animal Auschwitz which is a Japanese unacceptable stigma again today...
  • lithiumzombie
    51
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    Pusillanimous Man's only super-powers are super-trembling and super-running away. He wears a yellow chicken suit.
  • goldenskye
    49
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    Oh no, I could never tweet my thoughts. My pusillanimous nature would never let me.
  • SaraiLune
    49
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    Free yourself from fear - stop being pusillanimous
  • StarOfSavannah
    49
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    Pusillanimous beast/ Bury your head in the sand/ Quiver and quake, silly bird
  • pranavmukul
    47
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    The story of Pusillanimous the great- He came, he saw, he went back.
  • MaxRaunchiness
    46
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    The ladies were unanimous, Pete was too pusillanimous. They sent him to me, I taught him for free. Now, they think he's wonderfully amorous.
  • catwaldron
    46
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    Courage happens when you are more afraid of being pusillanimous than you are of the actual threat. #artwiculate
  • Nickpbonwick
    45
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    I was wrong and far too shy / To admit the fact / I failed to act / It is my turn to eat pusillanimous pie
  • rickybobbygpig
    45
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    the vote is unanimous, i am not pusillanimous
  • osmarjardim
    45
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    "How long do you think it will take before your bored with" pusillanimous? I am.
  • Ysabeluna
    45
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    only pusillanimous leaders cower to make a stand & abate the negative impact of "Global Warming", let's heed "less is more"
  • marcosarroyos
    45
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    One cannot be pusillanimous and a male figure skater. It takes guts to go out there in those outfits!
  • lagadu123
    43
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    He was spineless, she was bold. He hung back and did as he was told. He was pusillanimous - she was bankrolled.
  • Eridanus
    43
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    "I'll take you up on that one day, Moneypenny." "Why so pusillanimous, Mr. Bond? I'm far safer than some of your lady friends!"
  • TheSupercargo
    40
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    When lexicologists lose their cool: You festering mollusc! You rotten slug! You pusillanimous bovine tender! You small-souled coward!
  • lippy73
    40
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    He was so pusillanimous he couldn't even stand up to himself. #artwiculate
  • AaronLivingston
    40
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    Pusillanimous? Oh man, I'm outta here!
  • kado56
    39
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    I am not pusillanimous but I refusillanimous to tweet such a big word.
  • RRage
    38
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    I was in a meeting yesterday and I could tell there were a couple pusillanimous people as they were afraid to speak their mind on the topic
  • Miridunn
    38
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    Pusillanimous seed ~ dares not greet the sun and yet ~ reaches to the sky #haiku #artwiculate
  • agezoko
    38
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    Although it is pusillanimous, it yearns love. ( In Japanese: Okubyou na, Kuse ni Koi niwa, Koi wo suru.) #senryu #artwiculate
  • docrajen
    37
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    Pusillanimous conduct ~ the reason why some wives agonise at the hands of mother-in-law because of pussy husbands..
  • OddlyStarry
    36
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    "Ensign Al, wearing a red shirt while on a landing party is no reason to be pusillanimous." "Easy for YOU to say, Mr. Spock..."
  • languageNhumor
    34
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    pusillanimous / I'm too timid to haiku / it's five syllables! #artwiculate
  • LBY3
    33
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    @artwiculate Heroism needs no synonyms. Cowardly, pusillanimous, frightened, chickenshit behavior gets a ton -- usually as insults.

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