One word

Malinger

Word of the day on 16 November 2009.

Winning tweet

95
Points
DrMobs
Best excuse to malinger at work after lunch, "Can't help, sorry, I have acute postprandial torpor."

Good uses

  • zimmerjohn
    70
    Points
    When it came to cathedral safety, the toller did malinger; one day, alas, it came to pass, he fell and is now a dead ringer.
  • tama001
    69
    Points
    I am typical diligent Japanese!? I have never thought about the words "malinger"..... #artwiculate
  • SJHatzi
    65
    Points
    I can't malinger today; I have a bad case of workaholism.
  • flatluigi
    65
    Points
    If the author of Catcher in the Rye had decided to put it off by acting sick, would he then be J.D. Malinger?
  • harrarp
    60
    Points
    Mails that I don't want to reply right away go from my mail in to to my malinger box.
  • tWordBird
    55
    Points
    If we malinger to avoid creating a “malinger” tweet, does that mean that we now think of playing artwiculate as WORK?! o_O
  • lagadu123
    55
    Points
    Malinger-a cold and flu exaggeration treatment for men. Cos you're worth it.
  • Ysabeluna
    54
    Points
    mandy's malfeasance to malinger on mondays even if maliciously maligned for this malady leaves him unmalleable
  • Ysabeluna
    54
    Points
    in between work ennui/ i check @Artwiculates word of the day/ craft entries promptly/ me, malinger? no way! /
  • routermonkey
    50
    Points
    I wish I had a clever tweet for "malinger". My excuse is that I'm not feeling well. #artwiculate
  • 8C
    50
    Points
    Malinger? I'd come up with a good use, but god, this headache... #artwiculate
  • SJHatzi
    50
    Points
    Why malinger when one can tell the truth? "My ergasiophobia is acting up again".
  • tama001
    50
    Points
    When do you malinger? Me? I'm the third Thursday of November... Release on Beaujolais Nouveau! A votre sante!! #artwiculate
  • tWordBird
    45
    Points
    I tried to malinger but that’s tough, as a bird: I ended up not getting the worm (go figure). :(
  • ecoflic
    45
    Points
    I really want to malinger in bed all day, but can't. Have to get up and carpe the bloody diem. *shakes fist at Monday menace*
  • CaitrionaW
    45
    Points
    I'm not malinger-ing. I'm sick of work.
  • harrarp
    45
    Points
    It's beneath a hypochondriac to malinger.
  • lithiumzombie
    45
    Points
    when nothing is amiss / to malinger is bliss / I'll blow you all a kiss / if it should come to this
  • caslexplorers
    45
    Points
    With a lame grin, Gerald exposed his germinal idea to malinger.
  • goldenskye
    45
    Points
    While he dreamed up more ways to linger, she plotted an approach best to malinger.
  • Ysabeluna
    45
    Points
    they say women malinger more because of men: MENstrual cramps; GUYnecologist exam; MENopause; HISterectormy; MENtal breakdown
  • harrarp
    40
    Points
    Who needs Good and Evil, when there's the daily strife between Malinger and Work Ethic?
  • kado56
    40
    Points
    The Invisible Man was only malinger -ing, We saw through him.
  • tWordBird
    40
    Points
    Autumn’s cloying cold ~ Murmers: “Stay home. Malinger!” ~ …And we all Fall ill. #haiku
  • lithiumzombie
    40
    Points
    To avoid shaking hands with the other residents, 90 year old Mr. Ackerman would malinger by pretending to be a leper.
  • pn8r
    40
    Points
    Even gods and goddesses malinger sometimes. Explains a lot about the world, doesn't it? #artwiculate
  • lexiconehead
    40
    Points
    To those who think that I malinger, I raise a single finger, not 'cuz I'm quick to anger, but 'cuz I'm working on my languor.
  • lithiumzombie
    40
    Points
    "People who malinger are sick!" / "No, they're not."
  • marcosarroyos
    40
    Points
    A malicious programmer developed new malware named "Malinger." It doesn't ruin your computer, it just makes it run slow and complain a lot.
  • the_cleric
    40
    Points
    As the effects of the previous night lingered, I chose, on Monday, to malinger.
  • marcosarroyos
    40
    Points
    The malinger-ing dairy cow couldn't do it for long due to udder exhaustion.
  • SnoringFrog
    40
    Points
    His attempt to malinger failed when he oinked on the phone to prove he had swine flu.
  • californiakara
    39
    Points
    Pa typically dawdled, complaining of a headache when time to do the dishes, but did MaLinger? Never!
  • drchavi
    39
    Points
    The best oral contraceptive is 'NO', but for those who don't know No, try using malinger.....it works.
  • SJHatzi
    35
    Points
    Men sometimes malinger to philander.
  • lagadu123
    35
    Points
    How can playing artwiculate be described as malinger ing, when it feels so purposeful we're almost expecting to get paid ?
  • SJHatzi
    35
    Points
    The Italians know this, as do of course the Greeks: amateurs malinger; the bon vivants stage a strike.
  • 3lbsofluv
    35
    Points
    Some people malinger to get sympathy. Not me, I am REALLY sick and this may be my last chance to win in #artwiculate. Please vote. ☹
  • TheSupercargo
    35
    Points
    Feral Heresy! I Adjure w/ Cacophony. Acquiesce not in Insidious Lassitude to Malinger Sempiternally in Vestiges of d Spartan's Dulcet Mantra
  • harrarp
    35
    Points
    This is my mother tweeting. I'm sorry but @harrarp can't come and play today, he's got a bad case of malinger.
  • silversteelwolf
    35
    Points
    I'm sorry, I'm just not feeling well enough to use malinger today. #artwiculate
  • marcosarroyos
    35
    Points
    I chose to malinger all day today instead of dutifully tweeting.
  • marcosarroyos
    35
    Points
    My dogs don't malinger, they just lie around sleeping all day long.
  • MaxRaunchiness
    35
    Points
    Ah, my love, I believe your headache is just an attempt to malinger.
  • harrarp
    35
    Points
    Honestly, I don't malinger: I can't tweet 'cause the state of ma finger.
  • Tralala56
    33
    Points
    When I was young I often got out of school through malinger ing. My brother used to say I had a weekly disposition. (True!)
  • caslexplorers
    30
    Points
    A gremlin made me malinger.
  • marcosarroyos
    30
    Points
    Mr. Mal Inger never knew why people laughed when he introduced himself, but he never meant malinger.
  • MaryJenkins
    30
    Points
    "Me, malinger?" boomed the patient in a sonorous query. "I swear I am suffering from laryngitis!"

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