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Stigma

Word of the day on 17 November 2009.

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SJHatzi
Lusus naturae: my stigma is my being weird. Nice people call it "unique" but I like to call it (in Latin) what it is: freak.
@SJHatzi

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  • TheSupercargo
    70
    Points
    I say @artwiculate, why is a flower like Jesus AND a highwayman? You don't know? Because it has stigma and pistols! :-)
    @TheSupercargo
  • routermonkey
    65
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    Joe was disgraced in some way, but no one knew the details. It was a stigma enigma. #artwiculate
    @routermonkey
  • redwall_hp
    60
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    When will the stigma of Mac users being elitist snobs disappear? Once we get rid of the Windows-using peasants...
    @redwall_hp
  • zimmerjohn
    55
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    Fred was caught retweeting his own #Artwiculate entries in a brazen attempt to win. The shame. The stigma.
    @zimmerjohn
  • MaxRaunchiness
    55
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    No, my lovely, there's no stigma to dating someone who's twice your age. I would do it, except there is no one twice my age.
    @MaxRaunchiness
  • MaxRaunchiness
    50
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    Jill worried that being dumb and blonde was a stigma. I convinced her that it wasn't over and over and over.
    @MaxRaunchiness
  • harrarp
    50
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    Stigma, stigmata, eternal errata.
    @harrarp
  • DrMobs
    50
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    She couldn't get over the stigma of being born in the wagon of a travelling show and having a momma who danced for thrown money.
    @DrMobs
  • lithiumzombie
    50
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    Superman bears a stigma with a capital S.
    @lithiumzombie
  • tWordBird
    50
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    I was born with a stigma shaped like a lightning-bolt… fortunately, it’s covered over with feathers, now. ~Birdie Potter
    @tWordBird
  • dibbler46
    50
    Points
    Oh! The stigma of following more than being followed. #artwiculate
    @dibbler46
  • pn8r
    45
    Points
    Gilbert and Lewis turned the stigma of being a nerd into an inspirational badge of honor! #artwiculate #RevengeOfTheNerds
    @pn8r
  • tama001
    45
    Points
    There is no stigma in changing the political power of Japan anymore. If you don't leave indelible stigma... #artwiculate
    @tama001
  • Tralala56
    45
    Points
    For the young, not communicating via social networks has become a social stigma.
    @Tralala56
  • tWordBird
    45
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    Love… etched on my heart ~ When all else passes away ~ A cherished stigma #haiku
    @tWordBird
  • lithiumzombie
    45
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    "My wife has this repulsive stigma, it's really gross" / "Can't she have it removed?" / "Nah, she loves her mum."
    @lithiumzombie
  • tama001
    40
    Points
    The ring of the head of Son Goku(Sun Wu-K'ung) of "Journey to the West" is a kind of stigma. #artwiculate
    @tama001
  • drchavi
    40
    Points
    Colon stigma:Artwiculate in denial.
    @drchavi
  • dmriver
    40
    Points
    The stigma of that day lived with Stinky Perkins till the end of his school days. Mind you, he did clear the dining hall with just one fart!
    @dmriver
  • SJHatzi
    40
    Points
    No bodyguard can protect one from the stigma of fame; yet, it is sought.
    @SJHatzi
  • Tralala56
    40
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    Bill committed suicide. The stigma of dressing up as Ronald McDonald everyday was too much for him.
    @Tralala56
  • lithiumzombie
    40
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    "Ich kan't getz ritz of ziz stigma, it'z zo zerrible!" / "Maybe if you'd lose the little mustache, Adolf."
    @lithiumzombie
  • tWordBird
    40
    Points
    Lots of people CHOOSE to get a stigma, these days… they PAY for them, even! They’re called “tattoos” now (after gk origins).
    @tWordBird
  • tWordBird
    40
    Points
    I like to stigma beak in other people’s bird-feeds (&, occasionally, their business, too). ;)
    @tWordBird
  • Ysabeluna
    35
    Points
    despite its alleged cures, the stigma against HIV/AIDS victims still prevail
    @Ysabeluna
  • routermonkey
    35
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    I've been fortunate enough to gain some Twitter followers. I no longer suffer from the stigma of tweeting to myself. #artwiculate
    @routermonkey
  • drchavi
    35
    Points
    Stigma...now that sounds good, full of action..unlike malinger...all froth and no coffee.
    @drchavi
  • Bumblespace
    35
    Points
    Never have sex with plants. May well leave you with a deeply embedded stigma.
    @Bumblespace
  • onesparrow
    35
    Points
    There was a certain stigma attached to being from Leper Island, Tom found. Losing a foot during the war wasn't helping any, either.
    @onesparrow
  • revhappiness
    35
    Points
    It's a bit of a stigma when your karma runs over your dogma.
    @revhappiness
  • marcosarroyos
    35
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    As Bill lay in the gutter guzzling a bottle of wine, he scrupulously avoided the stigma of hiding it in a brown paper bag.
    @marcosarroyos
  • DaveCurry
    30
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    I added i / altering my stigma / the shame of superfluity / untangled to an imagist #artwiculate #20thcenturypoetryjokes
    @DaveCurry
  • MaryJenkins
    30
    Points
    Her eyes looked down for the stigma of the accusations. Her hair, a curtain of shame hiding her face. "You w/o sin, cast the first stone."
    @MaryJenkins
  • 3lbsofluv
    30
    Points
    Harvey's lightning-like stigma on his forehead was so cool until Harry Potter appeared and people started casting weird spells on him.
    @3lbsofluv
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    Papillon - The haunting story of a French rogue, who escapes the stigma of being a con; read on.
    @SJHatzi
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    To be a woman and be tall can be a stigma of sorts. It is much worse when one is young and has not reconciled yet how to belong.
    @SJHatzi
  • harrarp
    30
    Points
    Stigma is the egg on your face.
    @harrarp
  • harrarp
    30
    Points
    A stigma can be a very sensitive spot you know. Putting your finger on it could very well hurt.
    @harrarp
  • una_duessa
    30
    Points
    My choice of companion may be taboo/But why should there be a stigma/I quite like to hang with ewe/Our love is (baa) an enigma. #artwiculate
    @una_duessa
  • harrarp
    30
    Points
    Now if all of you retweet this with a colon, we could for once and for all check @artwiculate's stigma of not counting it.
    @harrarp
  • yopopodawn
    30
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    "You're not holey," cried the pitchfork mob. "Gouda will punish you!" The stigma of dating a fellow Swiss cheese was the end of Gary.
    @yopopodawn
  • TriDiaStar
    30
    Points
    @artwiculate There are times when one's stigma can be one's saving grace.
    @TriDiaStar
  • tWordBird
    30
    Points
    The stigma is the part of a flower which receives the pollen. I won’t go into what the comparable Birdie-parts are, to that-all. [*blush*]
    @tWordBird
  • kado56
    30
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    There is a certain stigma attached to being a naturalist but one must grin and bare it!
    @kado56
  • Eridanus
    30
    Points
    Can @Twitter ever free itself from the stigma of Br*tn*y the Sausage Lady? #artwiculate
    @Eridanus
  • marcosarroyos
    30
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    The sorority sisters all had something that marked them socially. That's how they qualified to become members of Alpha Chi Stigma.
    @marcosarroyos
  • marcosarroyos
    30
    Points
    Elvis Presley overcame the stigma of coming from Mississippi, but even he moved to Tennessee!
    @marcosarroyos
  • Ysabeluna
    30
    Points
    after 911, the stigma on Muslims still linger, some OC passengers check the airplane's manifest for any Muslim names before even boarding
    @Ysabeluna
  • Ysabeluna
    30
    Points
    single unattached successful females suffer the stigma of being labeled 'man hater', 'excuse me' said stella, you must mean 'man-eater'
    @Ysabeluna

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