One word

Petrichor

Word of the day on 07 January 2010.

Winning tweet

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californiakara
Little known fact: Petrichor was the Fourth Wiseman, but he got caught in a flash flood on the way to the gig.

Good uses

  • lithiumzombie
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    "I love the smell of petrichor in the morning." - Apocalypse Plough
  • SJHatzi
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    Tilting my head toward the sky, closing my eyes. A deep, deep breath - petrichor sigh.
  • kado56
    51
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    Petrichor - Heaven scent
  • Eridanus
    51
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    Your coffin is not perfectly airtight, Mr. Bond, so your terminal breath will bear the sweet scent of petrichor. My pleasure.
  • tama001
    50
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    summer morning / watering around the house / faintly petrichor #haiku #senryu #artwiculate
  • navinsasikumar
    50
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    Petrichor - A scent so sweet, I cannot capture it in a tweet
  • dmriver
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    Petrichor? Never heard of it, forgotten what it smells like.
  • TiddK
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    From quagmire to petrichor ? My word, Artwiculate, that must have been some drought!
  • harrarp
    45
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    Petrichor in Timbuktu. Fragrant mud roads. Elated locals.
  • Tralala56
    45
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    On the Epiphany, the 3 Artwiculate kings came bearing gifts of Gossamer, Petrichor, and Mirth.
  • tWordBird
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    Petrichor : The penumbra between drought & deluge.
  • Ysabeluna
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    precipitation on parched porous prairie produce a potpourri of petrichor as potent potion for the populace
  • caslexplorers
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    Redolent scent I’ve sensed before Rising from the desert floor What’s the word I’m looking for? Quoth the maven: petrichor
  • changememe
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    The crowd on the red carpet greeted her with a roar | It was the latest fashion she wore | To finish - eau de petrichor #artwiculate
  • whistlechick
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    He intended to pee on the electric fence, but at the last minute, he diverted his stream into the dirt, creating a sort of rancid petrichor.
  • MaryJenkins
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    Droplets of rain mingle with tears. Wizened lines betray the years. Petrichor vapors fill her head, as she remembers a youthful bed.
  • arcangeld
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    An inspiration would be like a petrichor on this dry well that is my head.
  • bwlight
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    #artwiculate - I've been through the desert on a horse with light rain, I can't remember his name, Petrichor ?
  • StarOfSavannah
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    Petrichor announced the end of the drought, while the rain pounded the ground into a quagmire.
  • Miridunn
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    Rain did a new Dance ~ Wind breathed deeply, Sun laughed ~ Petrichor Sang Sweet #haiku #artwiculate
  • ultracutebot
    37
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    trying to think of something to write using petrichor is a flippin' petri-chore & i'm lazy
  • emmaexpress
    36
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    @artwiculate In my book, petrichor should come before quagmire...
  • K_Geddings
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    I prefer to think of petrichor as the fetor of a gazillion tiny raindrop feet as they waltz across nature's parched ballroom.
  • pn8r
    34
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    Old family recipe for petrichor: Start with dessicated soil and xanthic oil, add dihydrogen monoxide, then inhale deeply. Ahhh...
  • lagadu123
    34
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    Red sky at night, bucolic delight / Red sky in the morning, petrichor calling
  • TheSupercargo
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    Here's one of mine! 6° of Petrichor: 1° petros (stone) > 2° petrified > 3° solid > 4° matter > 5° suppuration > 6° ichor (gods' blood).
  • JonPowles
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    The WOTD falls gently from above: petrichor: surely this in itsel is enough to trigger the nude gumboot dance from @dmriver?
  • sanmeera
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    The parched land gasps as the rain caresses, petrichor, imminent breath before it gets drenched.
  • kings_indian
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    jim morrison: "when my stream of consciousness hits your barren dryness" - petrichor rising. @artwiculate
  • catmar604
    33
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    Petrichor polka - known in Murrumbidgee as a Merrylees rain dance.
  • docrajen
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    Petrichor is the gratitude of parched mother earth to the first drops of rain.
  • Fatal_Romantic
    29
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    Petrichor: ugly word, lovely concept. #Artwiculate
  • SaraiLune
    27
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    Drained Verve - Waiting for the Petrichor - Announcing A Rain of Words to Artwiculate
  • osmarjardim
    27
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    Petrichor - The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.
  • drchavi
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    My favorite perfume You and Petrichor.
  • pranavmukul
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    The earth needs a viridescent embrocation, but the petrichor is only evocative as for now.
  • DaveCurry
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    How many days had it rained? He'd lost count. His boat swayed in the light breeze. Petrichor a distant memory. Enwrapped in an endless sea.
  • goldenskye
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    So weary of drought, he longed for the first sign of rain: To smell the petrichor, that sweet breath of hope, foretokening rebirth.
  • marcosarroyos
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    The smell of petrichor was just a foreshadowing of the torrential floods that assailed Noah. He quickly loaded the animals.
  • chrisdetar
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    The shaman rejoiced as the gods delivered Spring rains, cracking open the arid ground until the Petrichor aroma filled the air
  • BurpingOutLoud
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    the blocked nose. a staunch enemy of the petrichor.
  • Faisal___
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    2 days off #twitter -hard. 2 days off #artwiculate -even harder. Will catchup & hope it will be like petrichor to dry landers

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