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Spartan

Word of the day on 09 October 2009.

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  • ZimmerJohn
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    The ascetic, self-abnegating man from Peloponnesia who moved to Edinburgh, Scotland was fondly known as the spartan Spartan sporting tartan.
  • PamMktgNut
    60
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    He was a fartin spartan who conquered the masses with his gases. #artwiculate
  • chrisdetar
    55
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    The young mother's spartan desk was born out of necessity, juggling college and a two year old at the same time.
  • routermonkey
    55
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    Sam's spartan surroundings suddenly seemed somewhat soulless.
  • PudHW
    50
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    James' satorial foray into mini kilts was a boondoggle until he rebranded them as spartan tartans.
  • routermonkey
    50
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    Jim's spartan habits meant a routine of cold showers and dry toast in his empty apartment every morning.
  • tWordBird
    49
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    Twitter’s spartan character-limit is a paradoxical platform for unlimited characters.
  • chrisdetar
    45
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    The Spartan looked at the Athenian news bearer with a puzzled face. It's all Greek to me.
  • DaveCurry
    45
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    Staring at his pricey meal, miles of white ceramic framing a spartan portion of poultry, he considered his cost per bite and cried, "Foul!"
  • Ysabeluna
    45
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    Me Jane , you Tarzan / let's all emulate their life SPARTAN / so nature can re - nurture / critical for a disaster - free future
  • tWordBird
    44
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    Artw-Alert: @just_S’s set 2 go from spartan 2 feral full-lilt in under 24-oevers w/ arcane perspicacious, hubris-pumpin’ fastidious aplomb!☠
  • revhappiness
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    My old man was so spartan that when he opened his wallet, moths flew out. It got worse. We had to recycle toilet paper.
  • lexiconehead
    40
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    Spartan tweeting can be deceiving; spartwiculation's the way to greatness.
  • caslexplorers
    40
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    A woman told Calvin Coolidge she had bet a friend she could get him to say 3 words. The president's spartan reply? "You lose."
  • lexiconehead
    40
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    Your spartan heart's too cheap to beat, and you won't pay to fibrillate.
  • SJHatzi
    39
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    "Spartan spending"? That's all Greek to me.
  • caslexplorers
    39
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  • yopopodawn
    35
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    Obama's CV is a little spartan for the Nobel Peace Prize? Surely.
  • _ado
    35
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    I remain spartan in the face of dwindling artwiculate scores.
  • Smoodle
    35
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    Heaps of stuff, piles of things; the clutter surrounds and threatens to consume me. I yearn for a more spartan existence.
  • cambelina
    35
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    Yo mama is so cheap, she uses a spartan instead of a trojan #artwiculate
  • just_S
    35
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    I hadn't realized that I could submit more than one entry to artwiculate and had been quite spartan in my submissions.
  • TheSupercargo
    35
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    Oh @artwiculate! Spare me that Spartan martyr look! So I'm late home. Live with it. Learn to cook your own damn supper!
  • silversteelwolf
    35
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    The spartan accommodations quickly alerted Master Chief that his hosts had taken the name of his soldiering class far too literally.
  • tWordBird
    35
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    TOTAL oxymoron: SPARTAN SPAM!
  • tWordBird
    34
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    Since I haven’t been spartan with my @artwiculate entries; I’ll Spartan-ly refrain from voting for any of my own tweets, this time (maybe).
  • tWordBird
    34
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    Please be spartan in your votes for @tWordBird today, as my point’s not the points nor prolific-pigging prominence, but for the play. Thx. ☺
  • tWordBird
    34
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    @PamMktgNut So, then, the "fartin Spartan" was resolute in his tootin'? ;)
  • countingku
    30
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    The Spartan tanning salon really lived up to its name , the "booths" were worn chaise lounges on a disheveled pool deck.
  • airynothing
    30
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    I tried a spartan lifestyle - it was called grad school. Didn't like it very much. #artwiculate
  • iMike
    30
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    Artwiculate's rulebook is spartan indeed.
  • hikauri
    30
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    His attire was very spartan; too bad his briefs could not hide the one-pack that spilled out of his midsection.
  • christinayak
    30
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    His spartan ways, combined with his inheritance, made Joe a wealthy catch. Alas, upon meeting, women always found him just plain cheap.
  • tWordBird
    30
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    Haiku’s spartan style | Elucidates murky wells | Baring new treasures. #haiku #artwiculate
  • marcosarroyos
    30
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    Martin Barton proudly wears his family tartan, and as a tight Scot he lives a life very spartan.
  • iwriteplays
    30
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    By definition, all tweets are spartan: 140 short, sweet characters, bravely thrown into the vast chaos that is the internet. (@artwiculate)
  • lexiconehead
    30
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    the more spartan the tweets, the meatier the achievement
  • DaveCurry
    30
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    I grew up in the aptly named spartan burg of Spartanburg. There wasn't much to do other than plot my eventual escape. #artwiculate
  • DrMobs
    30
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    Standing outside at 10 degrees C in the rain and wind at a Sydney railway station but I can take it because I AM SPARTAN !!!
  • Eekaboo
    29
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    I woke up with a spartan attitude towards my exams today. THIS!!! IS!!! COLLEGE!!!
  • SJHatzi
    28
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    "O Spartan, My Spartan!" A new poem from "Leaves of Greece" by Waltaros Whitmanopoulos.
  • PudHW
    25
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    This entry's spartan.
  • NICKPR0
    25
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    Unfazed by the army of challengers trying to win by using multiple tweets, the Spartan tweeter typed his single entry using his spearpoint.
  • marcosarroyos
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    Sadly, Jim began to fidget when the doctor inserted his digit with a spartan amount of lube thereupon.
  • hgparra
    25
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    How I yearn for spartan living: a shack, a board, and an ocean.
  • tWordBird
    25
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    @PudHW Aww, thx, Puddnhead!✩☺Not certain which “1” you meant, tho… as I haven’t been spartan in my #-of-entries (‘cept maybe comparatively).
  • TheSupercargo
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    Thanks @Goleudy Neanimorphic That's a really arcane word! It's not spartan, but I'm sure artwiculators could use it with aplomb.☺
  • Maria3niko
    25
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    Day&night 2gether.. #Spartan warriors had a true sense of fellowship! –Dad, they’re fags?! -No, they’re not fags, but TRUE FIGHTING FAGGOTS!
  • SJHatzi
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    The Spartan tweets are the best: you know, those which articulate the message succintly instead of going on and on repeating ad nauseum.

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