One word

Senescence

Word of the day on 09 February 2010.

Winning tweet

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tWordBird
Senescence : When you've stopped sowing oats & started eating them.

Good uses

  • lithiumzombie
    72
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    white, gossamer strands / dance around a weary face / senescence in bloom #haiku #artwiculate
  • dmriver
    68
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    Auburn, ochre, red \\ damp clinging, autumn yellowed \\ senescence underfoot
  • TiddK
    68
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    Senescence - Word Of The Dazed
  • harrarp
    65
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    Senescence hits home. My mother was the oldest person I know. Now she's the oldest person she knows.
  • SJHatzi
    63
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    Senescence? This is getting old.
  • StarOfSavannah
    58
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    From hobbledehoy to senescence in one week? Isn't that a bit excessive?
  • tama001
    55
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    rain of winter / cherry tree of senescence / look quizzical #haiku #senryu #artwiculate
  • JonPowles
    50
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    "Captain, mitosis is critical, telomeres are shortening and senescence is setting in!" "Spock, relax. It's called 'beer'"
  • TheSupercargo
    50
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    6º of Age: 1º nascence > 2º prepubescence > 3º adolescence > 4º maturesence > 5º senescence > 6º obsolescence
  • navinsasikumar
    49
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    Where do you study senescence? At the old school.
  • MaxRaunchiness
    48
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    If it weren't for senescence, I'd still be a horny adolescent. Now, I'm just a dirty old man.
  • CaliforniaKara
    47
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    Age of Innocence / wide-eyed and new / Age of Senescence / weathered and wise
  • osmarjardim
    45
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    I cant avoid senescence. But I can remain half-baked childish unripe and immature.
  • docrajen
    45
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    Senescence ~ when sun sets on life ~ but, ain't sunsets beautiful.
  • Miridunn
    44
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    Young Earth, Young Moon, senescence arrives too soon ~ the infant universe must trust the infinite of cosmic dust #artwiculate
  • ultracutebot
    43
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    darling, i'm so enamored of you. even when senescence begins 2 lurk in our shadows, i know our love will remain unchanged
  • catmar604
    43
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    Senescence ~ One foot on a banana peel & one foot in the grave ~ Hey, respect your elder! ~ Did you grow up in a cave?
  • MaltaGoddess
    42
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    My fingertips trace on your face senescence's tracks of time. You've had so much more time to become beautiful than I.
  • Tralala56
    41
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    I think of senescence like a chocolate. The wrapper is all crinkly on the outside but the truffle on the inside is to die for!
  • Ysabeluna
    41
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    in my senescence reverie / i wonder if he will still love me / sans youth nor lucidity / when i turn old & gray / #poetry
  • emmaexpress
    41
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    Welcome to Senescence - the twilight zone.
  • dkthareja
    40
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    My flirty heart in my senescence body feels as awkward as hobbledehoy.
  • AaronLivingston
    39
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    Senescence - The new fragrance by Estee Longer. #artwiculate
  • Eridanus
    38
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    Senescence is always at least 15 years older than I am.
  • symphonist
    37
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    Senescence? It's an elder berry whine. #artwiculate
  • DaveCurry
    35
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    Senescence leads us to the winter of our incontinence.
  • OddlyStarry
    35
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    Favorite senescence joke: three elderly people... "It's windy today." "No, it's Thursday." "So am I, let's get a drink."
  • smeedha
    34
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    Age old wisdom- It makes senescence
  • bumfuzzled2004
    34
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    pardon my senescence, and I'll excuse the inexperience of your youth #artwiculate
  • silversteelwolf
    33
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    Senescence is so popular, everybody's dying to try it.
  • lagadu123
    33
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    The forgetfulness of early-onset senescence protects us from being fully aware of our decline. It's quite handy really.
  • rickybobbygpig
    32
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    But The Rolling Stones still think what a drag it is getting senescence
  • grrl74
    32
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    trickster senescence / always changing me with time / your jokes aren't funny #haikuchallenge #artwiculate
  • AdeleWard
    32
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    Senescence. A happy time when you can read a book you've enjoyed a few times before because you can't remember what happens. #Artwiculate
  • Wifsie
    31
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    Zenescence is teaching Tai Chi to the senescence crowd #artwiculate
  • languageNhumor
    30
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    The essence of senescence is wisdom. The quintessence of senescence is no longer caring what people think of you.
  • ale_bundy
    30
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    the older the berry, the sweeter the senescence. #artwiculate

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