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Redolent

Word of the day on 19 October 2009.

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lagadu123
Redolent is a word to describe nose-talgia
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Good uses

  • zimmerjohn
    60
    Points
    Redolent in his homemade cologne, "Eau de Hamster and Limburger Cheese", Jim could never figure out why the chicks didn't dig him.
    @zimmerjohn
  • una_duessa
    55
    Points
    In graduate school, the air is redolent with the scent of terror. Terror ... and lemongrass.
    @una_duessa
  • Ysabeluna
    55
    Points
    Fond memories of Europe are ebullient gay Paris; ethereal castles and cathedrals, and redolent scent of falling leaves that color autumn
    @Ysabeluna
  • marcosarroyos
    55
    Points
    His hair and clothes redolent with marijuana, Harry ate his way thru the supermarket without a penny in his pocket. The police didn't laugh.
    @marcosarroyos
  • onesparrow
    50
    Points
    Redolent was his deodorant, redundant it was made- by the time the coroner got him, he was more than a bit decayed.
    @onesparrow
  • TheSupercargo
    50
    Points
    The fallen season / Redolent with memories / Dead leaves on the graves. #haiku @artwiculate
    @TheSupercargo
  • TheSupercargo
    50
    Points
    There's cigarette smoke on the air, cold, astringent, redolent of my father. His smoke curled with just such a scent around my childhood.
    @TheSupercargo
  • SJHatzi
    50
    Points
    Eau D'Artwiculate: a redolent spray of rhyming lexical play
    @SJHatzi
  • Smoodle
    45
    Points
    My fresh baked scones, redolent with butter and blueberries, have proven again that the way to my man's heart is through his stomach.
    @Smoodle
  • zimmerjohn
    45
    Points
    Redolent of Rogaine, balding Bartholomew proudly recited his new mantra: "Gone Today, Hair Tomorrow".
    @zimmerjohn
  • gwynethatschool
    45
    Points
    Ah, young love; redolent with hormones, confusion and the smug certainty that this is all new. My classroom is choking. Damn spring.
    @gwynethatschool
  • Ysabeluna
    44
    Points
    The winners @Artwiculate are savoring the sweet scent of redolent success.
    @Ysabeluna
  • Ysabeluna
    40
    Points
    I met this guy, witty, hunky, a cross between Brad and Clooney, but as we were getting flirty, his redolent scent got in the way
    @Ysabeluna
  • TheSupercargo
    40
    Points
    The boys' locker room, redolent with foot sweat, testosterone, the bully's bravado and the insidious humiliation of the fat kid in glasses.
    @TheSupercargo
  • Ysabeluna
    40
    Points
    My colleague is redolent of hubris as he spews arcane language that fail to obfuscate he is really a dimwit
    @Ysabeluna
  • chrisdetar
    40
    Points
    The redolent scent of spoiled milk helped me find the baby bottle missing since last week.
    @chrisdetar
  • californiakara
    40
    Points
    O, be some other tweet! What's in a tweet? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as redolent.
    @californiakara
  • PudHW
    40
    Points
    He sighed happily taking a moment to inhale the chlorine scented air, redolent with a childhood's worth of summers spent at the public pool.
    @PudHW
  • Ysabeluna
    40
    Points
    The sea at dusk ethereal n the glow of moonlight beacons me to frolic, I acquiesce overcome by the invigorating whiff of redolent sea breeze
    @Ysabeluna
  • caslexplorers
    40
    Points
    The wino redolent of cheap muscatel stumbled somnolent to a cheap motel.
    @caslexplorers
  • californiakara
    36
    Points
    Realizing he'd broken his vow on each of the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Holy Saturday, Jim decided to redoLent.
    @californiakara
  • kstatelibraries
    35
    Points
    Some love the smell of new cars. Not me. I much prefer the books in our Special Collections that are redolent of wisdom and age.
    @kstatelibraries
  • tWordBird
    35
    Points
    Tweeps who play-artwiculate are rarely INarticulate. More-oft they are sublime–& redolent w/rhyme! There’s even a rumor that some use humor!
    @tWordBird
  • silversteelwolf
    35
    Points
    Despite the redolent perfumes (liberally applied), there was no mistaking that she was, in fact, dead - and had been for some time.
    @silversteelwolf
  • pcolabarbie
    35
    Points
    Middle age - redolent with mispent youth.
    @pcolabarbie
  • SJHatzi
    35
    Points
    Eau D'Obama - A Nobel Prize-Winning new perfume (faintly) redolent of peace.
    @SJHatzi
  • pcolabarbie
    35
    Points
    Salacious surely, redolent indeed, sated, but sadly, it was all in his dreams.
    @pcolabarbie
  • gillespieza
    35
    Points
    so many people tweeting about smells... i prefer the alternative use, a tweet redolent of originality
    @gillespieza
  • lexiconehead
    35
    Points
    You want something truly redolent? Smell my tweet!
    @lexiconehead
  • morgantepell
    35
    Points
    This tweet would be redolent of summer lilacs, but Twitter doesn't yet support olfactory transmissions.
    @morgantepell
  • SJHatzi
    35
    Points
    Skin redolent of sun and salt / indolent afternoon by Yves Klein Blue sea / I breathe you in / and taste idyll, replete
    @SJHatzi
  • chrisdetar
    35
    Points
    The scent redolent of lavender added to her pillow made sleeping easier.
    @chrisdetar
  • tama001
    35
    Points
    Arena di Verona... The amphitheater redolent of the Middle Ages in town redolent of romance. #artwiculate
    @tama001
  • goldenskye
    35
    Points
    Roses are redolent. Those violets are, too. Bathed in their fragrance ... Lost in memories of you.
    @goldenskye
  • fighto
    34
    Points
    When you're oversees, there's nothing better than the redolent aroma of fresh fish in the moring to remind you of your girl back home.
    @fighto
  • DoctorWisband
    30
    Points
    Sleeping on my friend's couch with her dog did not make me redolent of flowers or fruit... but I woke up with a very clean face and hands.
    @DoctorWisband
  • tWordBird
    30
    Points
    They were pondering the possibility of renaming the Gilroy Garlic Festival the “ Redolent Red-Letter-Day Root Romp”…but, it truly is a BULB.
    @tWordBird
  • Kramasuri
    30
    Points
    Slap, slap went the ladle doling out food at the shelter for the homeless. The sight and sound were redolent of a Dickensian soup kitchen.
    @Kramasuri
  • yopopodawn
    30
    Points
    Patience redolent, Hef waited on the shelf. Georgie was 16 when he finally pushed him off the cliff. Then he got Barbie pregnant. The End.
    @yopopodawn
  • TheSupercargo
    30
    Points
    Redolent, you ask? The old man Reeked of Eggs gone bad, Dirty clothes, Outhouses, Leaking urine, Effluent, N-octanol and Toxic waste!
    @TheSupercargo
  • chrisdetar
    30
    Points
    Redolent of beer, tequila, urine, vomit, and sweat, the college freshman declared homecoming the best weekend ever.
    @chrisdetar
  • Ysabeluna
    30
    Points
    The Durian fruit is redolent with a heady mix of garlic, onions, and a bit of poo, but most agree that it actually tastes heavenly
    @Ysabeluna
  • pcolabarbie
    30
    Points
    The backseat of a '69 Chevy Nova is likely to be, heavy with the redolent aroma of teenage love as they race to home plate.
    @pcolabarbie
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    Woman does not live by redolent roses alone. But we'd rather get roses than a vacuum cleaner, guys.
    @SJHatzi
  • seeesquared
    30
    Points
    her redolent rose belongs not in prose, but close to his hose where we know the love flows...
    @seeesquared
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    A rose by any other name may still smell as sweet, but my rhymes are not redolent as are the Bard's (nor is this tweet).
    @SJHatzi
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    "Eau de Bidet" - Redolent of the most odious Eaux De Toilette.
    @SJHatzi
  • californiakara
    30
    Points
    Buffy: Spike follows the exciting smell of blood & we follow the fairly redolent smell of Spike. Dawn: It's smelementary!
    @californiakara
  • hennepinhaiku
    30
    Points
    An ode to clean sheets/redolent of summer's skin/and many sweet dreams.
    @hennepinhaiku

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