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Tergiversate

Word of the day on 17 April 2010.

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SJHatzi
And when I ask whether he loves me, all my intuition does is equivocate. I ask the oracle of daisies, they too tergiversate.
@SJHatzi

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  • JonPowles
    78
    Points
    Tergiversate? Life's too short. Nail your colours to the mast, stand up for what's right, FIGHT. Or crawl back under a rock.
    @JonPowles
  • navinsasikumar
    77
    Points
    How does a meteorologist tergiversate? He clouds the issue
    @navinsasikumar
  • yearning4d_sky
    70
    Points
    Shuffle facts~Weave and wriggle~Now turn your back~Practise practise practise~the dance called tergiversate #artwiculate
    @yearning4d_sky
  • TiddK
    67
    Points
    To err is human, to tergiversate is .. too
    @TiddK
  • ultracutebot
    57
    Points
    each time you tergiversate ~ i see more of my trust in you dissipate ~ your flimsy excuses do nothing but irritate
    @ultracutebot
  • harrarp
    57
    Points
    You're in a train to hell. When the next stop is Tergiversate and the last stop was as well.
    @harrarp
  • kings_indian
    55
    Points
    Tergiversate Road is always a two way street.
    @kings_indian
  • Ysabeluna
    54
    Points
    tergiversate experts are elusive single dudes, not ever wanting a wedding ring scared of the ensuing suffe ring
    @Ysabeluna
  • bwlightning
    53
    Points
    "Will I find true love?" She shakes hard. The answer appears, "It remains unclear" Magic tergiversate ball. #artwiculate
    @bwlightning
  • ale_bundy
    51
    Points
    never will i tergiversate from being #artwiculate.
    @ale_bundy
  • Wifsie
    50
    Points
    I vow never to tergiversate: I shall turn every stone and open every door until I am well again and can dance once more. #artwiculate
    @Wifsie
  • mazpow
    50
    Points
    Tergiversate? I just can't commit to this word.
    @mazpow
  • dsceiorg
    50
    Points
    Let me face your doubt. / How could I tergiversate? / When you are my world #artwiculate #haiku
    @dsceiorg
  • agezoko
    49
    Points
    Please do not blame me for tergiversate. It is dreadful to lose work. #artwiculate
    @agezoko
  • DaveCurry
    49
    Points
    Tergiversate soulmate? One good turncoat deserves another. #artwiculate
    @DaveCurry
  • silverne
    48
    Points
    I wanted to kiss her forehead/ but her lips tergiversate to mine/ two serpents die on a porcelain valley.
    @silverne
  • baccatum
    48
    Points
    Her rich boyfriend was known to tergiversate, to always beat around the bush. He ran a hedge fund.
    @baccatum
  • tama001
    47
    Points
    iron law / lay low / adults tergiversate. #artwiculate
    @tama001
  • dmriver
    47
    Points
    Smoke and mirrors tergiversate loud spinning lights.
    @dmriver
  • kado56
    45
    Points
    What do you get if you cross a bee with a donkey ? A tergiversate - 'cause he hums and he haws.
    @kado56
  • CaliforniaKara
    45
    Points
    Why tergiversate? Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.
    @CaliforniaKara
  • OddlyStarry
    45
    Points
    Did he just say "turgid for eight on the bed"? No, he said "tergiversate on the debt" It's a political debate, for goodness sake!
    @OddlyStarry
  • MinDavidWilson
    45
    Points
    You obfuscate, I tergiversate, we terminate. #Artwiculate #sixwords
    @MinDavidWilson
  • catmar604
    44
    Points
    A Maltese goddess cooed in my ear "Let's tergiversate" ~A sucker for a sexy sesquipedalian,I switched teams...see ya maaate!
    @catmar604
  • AaronLivingston
    43
    Points
    Well devoured ~a need to tergiversate ~ only truth lives on #haikuthrowdown #artwiculate #senryu
    @AaronLivingston
  • ajeanne
    39
    Points
    Turgid as waters overflowing their banks, jive from your mouth to my ears, I'm sated with your lies. Tergiversate no more.
    @ajeanne
  • K_Geddings
    39
    Points
    Not to apostatize or tergiversate, I've picked a fresh crop of apostrophes from my punctuation plant & I plan to use 'em liberally.
    @K_Geddings
  • TheSupercargo
    38
    Points
    @artwiculate if i can find a way to tergiversate and get out of the work, I shall. Otherwise I may be gone for some time :)
    @TheSupercargo
  • BurningHawk1969
    38
    Points
    You tergiversate like a Turkish tapestry! By which I mean to say, you lie like a rug! #artwiculate
    @BurningHawk1969
  • UinenP
    38
    Points
    His evil genius helped him tergiversate reality in such a way she ended up apoligizing for being his daily victim. #Artwiculate
    @UinenP
  • gBaYgUrL
    38
    Points
    So many musicians tergiversate from one band to another because they hate the verses
    @gBaYgUrL
  • LBY3
    37
    Points
    @artwiculate It's an election year, so expect candidates to dazzle us as they tergiversate, bob, weave, zig and zag.
    @LBY3
  • osmarjardim
    37
    Points
    Tergiversate has nothing to do with what Tergivers ate, has it?
    @osmarjardim
  • marcosarroyos
    36
    Points
    Kim Jong Il doesn't tergiversate. It's filet mignon for him and grass for you. Simple really.
    @marcosarroyos
  • prashanthm18
    35
    Points
    One may Tergiversate to hide the truth / for loosing a loved one / may be the costliest luxury they may not afford again. #artwiculate
    @prashanthm18
  • lithiumzombie
    35
    Points
    "Tough luck, buster - I shall never tergiversate!" / "We'll pay you double." / "Alright, sod it."
    @lithiumzombie
  • baavri
    35
    Points
    Tergiversate? It seriously sounds like a child was confused while reading big words and ended up with this.
    @baavri
  • smeedha
    34
    Points
    I tergiversate. I stand by what i say. I mean i am fickle. i mean i stand firm by my decision...
    @smeedha
  • DrMobs
    34
    Points
    Regret I gave seat/I’ve greatest rage/Greet a grave site /Tergiversate age #anagrampoetry
    @DrMobs
  • OldJoeStalin
    34
    Points
    My ex-wife's mother did not tergiversate. She was never on my side.
    @OldJoeStalin
  • eilonwya10
    32
    Points
    "Do my knickers make my derriere look rotund?" asked his date. A wise man knows when to tergiversate. #artwiculate
    @eilonwya10

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