One word

Tirade

Word of the day on 25 January 2010.

Winning tweet

72
Points
catmar604
The last time I went off on a tirade, people didn't run for the hills. They ran for their dictionaries.

Good uses

  • dmriver
    71
    Points
    So actions speak louder than words? Enough with the tirade, time for an ass-kicking.
  • drchavi
    59
    Points
    Like the shore contains the sea/ the earth the breeze/ my emotional tirade ends in your silence easily.
  • navinsasikumar
    56
    Points
    TIRADE? I NEED MORE THAN 140 CHARACTERS TO DO THAT!!
  • lithiumzombie
    52
    Points
    volcano erupts / torpidity turns to rage / Mother Earth's tirade #haiku #artwiculate
  • kado56
    51
    Points
    Black eyed fury, mute - tirade ricochets inside - learn to scream, daughter #haiku
  • ultracutebot
    47
    Points
    St ArkRavingMad - patron saint of the tirade
  • TiddK
    46
    Points
    Tirade-in-waiting: "thank you for holding... all our agents are busy... your call is important to us... here's some Vivaldi..."
  • SJHatzi
    45
    Points
    The moon's on a tirade tonight - it told the stars off so it could have the limelight.
  • caslexplorers
    45
    Points
    sour tirade : lemon harangue
  • OddlyStarry
    44
    Points
    Ugh! She spat out the mouthful of lemonade. "Blech! You should call this Tirade, 'cause it tastes like old tires!" #artwiculate
  • grrl74
    44
    Points
    spherical tirade: volleyball #artwiculate
  • harrarp
    43
    Points
    Rant in a tent, 'cause it might rain on your tirade.
  • Tralala56
    43
    Points
    Toothless tirade: bad-mouthing
  • tWordBird
    41
    Points
    Tweet tirade : Twitter trend.
  • HourlyDavidson
    40
    Points
    thor's undecipherable tirade : Norse code
  • osmarjardim
    39
    Points
    I must rest. I worked hard today and I am so tirade.
  • RelevantHaiku
    39
    Points
    Lightning scars the earth. ~ Winds howl, hailstones crack. Witness ~ to Nature's tirade. #artwiculate
  • lagadu123
    38
    Points
    teenage + tirade = constant. But - if not now, when ?
  • chrisdetar
    38
    Points
    A tirade is an emotional itch left unscratched.
  • AaronLivingston
    38
    Points
    Company that never made it: Tirade Tires- their slogan? "One blow out after another" #artwiculate
  • bwlightning
    37
    Points
    tirade at charades: rantomime #artwiculate
  • smeedha
    36
    Points
    New Agreement for warring nations: General Agreement on Tariffs and TIRADE
  • bumfuzzled2004
    36
    Points
    tirade done; battle won / yet I lost the war. / I sleep tonight with sense of right; / I sleep well on the floor #artwiculate
  • marcosarroyos
    35
    Points
    The preacher's sermon became a tirade as he condemned those who don't work for peace.
  • coinopratdchris
    35
    Points
    The wino went on a long tirade about government funding, but he stopped when he realized he was speaking to a group of boy scouts.
  • Eridanus
    35
    Points
    Bond waited politely for his adversary's tirade to end - then in one movement disarmed and upended him into the pool. Silence.
  • tama001
    35
    Points
    The adult likes a tirade, but they don't listen to voices of the young. A shift of the power to the next generation is necessary.
  • akhkoshur
    34
    Points
    Dont fear the Tirade, be Insouciance about it
  • emmaexpress
    34
    Points
    One-legged tirade? Hopping mad.
  • SaraiLune
    34
    Points
    People say that the French are the champions of tirade -s. Well, I want to complain about that, too.
  • dkthareja
    34
    Points
    Tirade: Verbal response to irritation and tiredness.
  • Wifsie
    32
    Points
    Take your pick: an irate tirade, an obscure lecture, or a German sermon? #artwiculate
  • graffitipoet
    31
    Points
    Her ire is fiery / And she erupts in tirade / Venom to the ears #senryu
  • kings_indian
    31
    Points
    Marital advice: try,try,tirade again.@artwiculate
  • Ysabeluna
    31
    Points
    global warming tirade : less is more; avoid conspicuous consumption; clean & green ; yada , yada , scooby doo ...
  • docrajen
    30
    Points
    Tirade for a cause..earns loud applause.
  • AdeleWard
    30
    Points
    Tirade = Somebody who helps when you get a puncture #Artwiculate
  • languageNhumor
    30
    Points
    Trouser tirades: rants in your pants #artwiculate (tirade)
  • thaleia
    28
    Points
    Tirade filled with tears / roller coaster of feelings / grasping to survive #haiku #artwiculate
  • CaliforniaKara
    28
    Points
    Neck apparel surprise attack: tirade
  • whistlechick
    28
    Points
    Sun pushes clouds out, / bathing us in wondrous warmth / after storm's tirade. #haiku #artwiculate
  • MaxRaunchiness
    27
    Points
    "So, do I have to endure another tirade just to get laid? This is the first time ever that I wished I wasn't so horny."

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