One word

Boondoggle

Word of the day on 08 October 2009.

Winning tweet

175
Points
dermois
@artwiculate refreshing page to see if you can cheat at artwiculate really is a boondoggle

Good uses

  • tWordBird
    64
    Points
    ‽Hmm…✐is ❁ it❀ a ✃ boondoggle ☢ to √learn✿ how♞toˆ insert✈these ☞fun☻symbols☺into ☛my♪✍tweets?☣ Probably☂✜(not)!☯♕☮≈Ω✾ ¶♖☁♒♟ß✌◊✵§♋☎ $♨☃ ✉ ♥☼
  • tWordBird
    59
    Points
    Boondoggle: ANTONYM for @artwiculate-ing! ★ ☺
  • tWordBird
    54
    Points
    ♬ Down in the boondoggle… down in the boondoggle ♬ …we’ll be wastin’ time & spendin’ our last dime …but we’ll be feelin’ fi-ine! ♬
  • tWordBird
    50
    Points
    So much of this life’s | A boondoggle, I’ll try to | Maximize the rest. #haiku #artwiculate
  • lithiumzombie
    49
    Points
    Being a cross between a Baboon and a Labrador, the Boondoggle will fetch your newspaper, but then takes it up a tree and laughs at you.
  • zimmerjohn
    45
    Points
    Boon's "Dog Toggler", a cogged device for walking two dogs at once, was ultimately more boggling than toggling and in the end a boondoggle.
  • tWordBird
    45
    Points
    Fountain of Youth = Boondoggle Bath. ;0)
  • caslexplorers
    45
    Points
    From the Tower of Babel to the Bridge to Nowhere, mankind has mastered the boondoggle.
  • AizenTal
    40
    Points
    Foreplay, for men, is boondoggle.
  • tWordBird
    40
    Points
    The true test of twittering/@artwiculate-ing is to create something significant-yet-succinct without boosting Twitters’ trending boondoggle.
  • elucid8
    40
    Points
    Beware the Boondoggle, my son! The nails that type, the eyes that look! Beware the Twitter Bird, and shun that frumious farce, Facebook! #fb
  • DrMobs
    40
    Points
    Twitter is not a boondoggle; we get news faster than anyone anywhere else & so many of you are such shining wits! #notaspoonerism
  • just_S
    40
    Points
    Just because something is arcane and quotidian doesn't mean it's a boondoggle. Maybe you're just not perspicacious enough to get it.
  • caslexplorers
    40
    Points
    What boondoggle through yonder twitter breaks?
  • tWordBird
    39
    Points
    ☚ Hey there, Sailor! Ya wanna come on up t’ my place and BOONdoggle??! ♀♂♥☺ #artwiculate
  • revhappiness
    39
    Points
    To twitter is to boondoggle. To artwiculate is divine *nods head in sage-like composure*
  • onesparrow
    35
    Points
    I boycott use of the word 'boondoggle' in a sentence. It's embarrassing. As a word, I mean. Aesthetically. Aurally. Orally. Just say no.
  • thebigmonty
    35
    Points
    @artwiculate You need to be pretty darn bored to turn to Mills and Boondoggle.
  • SJHatzi
    35
    Points
    BOONDOGGLE: Waiting for him to call just because he said he would.
  • SJHatzi
    35
    Points
    Why dawdle when you can boondoggle?
  • hgparra
    35
    Points
    Passion is the difference between a masterpiece and a boondoggle.
  • Ysabeluna
    35
    Points
    To ogle is my favorite boondoggle
  • marcosarroyos
    35
    Points
    Ruben had put his entire life savings in Bernie Madoff's pyramid boondoggle. When it all collapsed, he cried, "I think I got hornswoggled!"
  • marcosarroyos
    35
    Points
    When an aging Muhammad Ali agreed to a rematch with an aging George Foreman in Yazoo, MS they called it "The Boondoggle in the Boondocks."
  • tWordBird
    35
    Points
    The Boondoggle: A new viral dance craze that’s guaranteed to be a total waste of your time (but way-fun, nonetheless)! @artwiculate
  • tutorwithtammy
    35
    Points
    The frustrated student proclaimed "This is a total boondoggle!" I replied, "No, it's algebra."
  • revhappiness
    34
    Points
    The naming committee at Google decided that "boondoggle" was a little too close to the truth.
  • OmerToledano
    30
    Points
    participating in a word contest, that bares no gifts or prize money, is boondoggle.
  • Sheamus
    30
    Points
    I've said it before : celebrities getting a PR team to ghost-write their tweets is a total boondoggle. And insulting to fans.
  • DrMobs
    30
    Points
    Artwiculate has become a boondoggle and hence no fun now that some tweeters have discovered how to screw the scoring system.
  • Ysabeluna
    30
    Points
    Dial:U have reached. .press1 if u r a miss;press2 if taken;press3 f i'm mistaken. Redial: U have reached ..press1;.. ahh what a boondoggle
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    Elections: The Great American Boondoggle
  • tWordBird
    30
    Points
    Total boondoggle: Worrying about tomorrow. Goodness knows that TODAY has enough concerns to fill every second of its’ schedule, already! o_O
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    We've had enough of this boondoggle - I'm ready for a boon!
  • JhunyTheBoy
    30
    Points
    Artwiculate need not be a boondoggle. Just tweet the first thing that comes to mind.
  • EvilAngelPixie
    30
    Points
    educational boondoggle: trying to get extra marks by arguing that fluking correct answers under wrong questions deserves full marks anyway..
  • tutorwithtammy
    30
    Points
    New degree being offered: an A.A.B. (an Associates in Applied Boondoggle)
  • JoeyCoonce
    29
    Points
    Similar to x-ray specs, my boondoggle goggles allow me to see things for the waste of time they are.
  • SJHatzi
    29
    Points
    "If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in [American] hearts for years to come". FDR
  • SJHatzi
    29
    Points
    Friends don't let friends boondoggle.
  • jdmyers
    29
    Points
    Many people consider Twitter a tremendous boondoggle. If it is, then it's a fun one nonetheless. #artwiculate
  • MaryJenkins
    28
    Points
    Parfum de Boondoggle ~ For the Facebooker in all of us. #artwiculate
  • SJHatzi
    25
    Points
    Dolce e Gabbana is an investment, not a boondoggle.
  • goldenskye
    25
    Points
    Some say people use @twitter to boondoggle. Others say social media has all but gone to the dogs. Meh. Every dog has its day.
  • mercedesmy
    25
    Points
    I must extricate myself from the boondoggle of work, cleaning, and sustaining life. I need to focus on pizza and America's Next Top Model.
  • susiespiers
    25
    Points
    boondoggle is actually Pokemon No 892. kind of like a baboon...kind of like a dog...
  • PudHW
    25
    Points
    Armed with a fist full of 20p flyers, a bag holding 3 chickens and a sly grin, Greg began what would be known as the great Essex boondoggle
  • mjlegel
    25
    Points
    I am sick of hearing about a Baucus "health care" bill - It is an insurance company boondoggle to pay the greedy Medical Mafia
  • Ysabeluna
    25
    Points
    couldn't quite master today's word:wonder y artwiculate's not picking up my tweet-s it boondoogle,bondoggle,bondoogle, geez wat a BOONDOGGLE

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