One word

Untenable

Word of the day on 15 November 2009.

Winning tweet

85
Points
zimmerjohn
They found Bob wearing nylons, a dress and mascara. He said it was for Halloween. It was April. His position was untenable.

Good uses

  • Ysabeluna
    65
    Points
    untenable decisions in my life/ brought unhappiness & strife/ yet all these molded me/ into someone i am proud to be/
  • TheSupercargo
    65
    Points
    Racists who conflate ethnicity & species subscribe to an untenable position. All humans are members of the same species.
  • lithiumzombie
    60
    Points
    unfourable + unfiveable = untenable
  • caslexplorers
    60
    Points
    Artwiculate cannot defend / Its choice of word untenable / Please no downers at week’s end / To that we’d be amenable
  • onesparrow
    60
    Points
    As he swore he loved her, Polly knew it was an oath untenable- she could see his fingers crossed behind his back.
  • Ysabeluna
    60
    Points
    they say my quest for a witty, devoted, caring, non-smoker & handsome sort of a guy is ridiculously unattainable and untenable
  • SJHatzi
    50
    Points
    Vowing to play Artwiculate in moderation can be untenable.
  • dmriver
    50
    Points
    Baby Jay has fallen out of the nest or maybe jumped when living with siblings became untenable. http://bit.ly/2Jgi0p
  • SJHatzi
    45
    Points
    Meanness is untenable; I wish it to be extinct.
  • tama001
    45
    Points
    I go off work! But... I has to return home in cold rain by bike. It's untenable, to me!? #artwiculate
  • lithiumzombie
    45
    Points
    Had he inhaled, his position would have been untenable. Fortunately, he had only taken a puff and blown it straight out.
  • tWordBird
    45
    Points
    Oh good GRIEF! The porn-bot has infiltrated the reply-line, now (WITH it's cornea-burning avatar): Untenable !!!
  • californiakara
    45
    Points
    "Thou Shall Not Eat Chocolate" is one of the oft-forgotten Untenable Commandments
  • marcosarroyos
    45
    Points
    The city's decision to put all its homeless in a tent city became untenable and untentable.
  • routermonkey
    45
    Points
    The 7 course meal Bob ate while dressed to the nines left his waistband untenable. #artwiculate
  • SJHatzi
    45
    Points
    Be like water. The untenable prevails by not holding on to what should be; instead, it just is.
  • TheSupercargo
    40
    Points
    @lithiumzombie Don't you mean: unfourable + unfiveable + unable = untenable ?
  • lithiumzombie
    40
    Points
    The elusive and intangible are inconclusive and untenable.
  • chrisdetar
    40
    Points
    Artwiculate - An untenable waste of time.
  • tWordBird
    40
    Points
    A little bit of baby oil, & “Wah-LAH!” – I’m untenable …#ifnotsexy! ;)
  • marcosarroyos
    40
    Points
    While hanging by his fingertips from a 91st-story ledge, Jeff soon learned that his position was untenable.
  • DrMobs
    40
    Points
    Original untenable dualism: The Mind /Body problem. Is Mind made of Matter? Do we mind? Does it matter?
  • harrarp
    40
    Points
    Even against all odds, I do hereby solemly swear to always hold on to the untenable.
  • lagadu123
    39
    Points
    Untenable. Sigh. How about five-able ?
  • SJHatzi
    35
    Points
    Kahlil Gibran on children: "You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you." The greatest of untenable love.
  • Ysabeluna
    35
    Points
    my mind sees his body/ his body minds mine/ attainable not untenable/
  • harrarp
    35
    Points
    The Security council has ten non-permanent members. Ten! At the UN table! That's UNtenable!
  • TheSupercargo
    35
    Points
    two other untenable things: Playing @artwiculate and doing any sort of serious work at the same time!
  • kado56
    35
    Points
    If a cat has only nine lives, does this render the theory of reincarnation untenable?
  • tWordBird
    35
    Points
    As a rather plumb bird, I find most yoga positions to be totally untenable. *Chirp!*
  • kado56
    35
    Points
    Untenable: a top model's love handles, a rungless ladder, hands-on therapy for eels..
  • pn8r
    35
    Points
    The algorithm that @artwiculate uses to rank players is untenable. #artwiculate
  • Bridgehaven
    35
    Points
    Intolerance? Untenable!
  • pn8r
    35
    Points
    After Dixon lost his right thumb, we couldn't rely on his counting anymore. It was untenable. #artwiculate
  • indymavs
    35
    Points
    imma let u finish, but kanye's attitude is untenable
  • Ysabeluna
    35
    Points
    even my muse protested,"crafting tweets on a weekend is unconscionable & untenable"
  • caslexplorers
    35
    Points
    6 Degrees of Propinquity - 1° Untenable / 2° Tenuous / 3° Ethereal / 4° Up high / 5° High ground / 6° Defensible
  • tama001
    35
    Points
    When future Japanese politics may become "untenable child" from "unreasonable child", I'm a little anxious about it... #artwiculate
  • drchavi
    35
    Points
    Perfection: An untenable expectation.
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    My God is as untenable as other gods; but he doesn't preach he is the only God, as do most.
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    The best defense is to be untenable; the river cannot be defeated.
  • harrarp
    30
    Points
    It took him eleven days to realize that translating the Decamerone would be an untenable task.
  • TheSupercargo
    30
    Points
    @harrarp You say overkäst, I say överkast - what's an untenable placing of umlauts between artwiculators after all?
  • minibtweet
    30
    Points
    After the hearing the judge pronounced the evidence put forward from agruementative tweets on Twitter was clearly untenable #artwiculate
  • aliciaaho
    30
    Points
    To describe something as "decimated" is untenable without statistical evidence. #artwiculate
  • revhappiness
    30
    Points
    Bruce answered the phone for his prosthetics store with the slogan, "That's untenable."
  • Ysabeluna
    30
    Points
    @drchavi @harrarp .."even genius has its limits but insanity is infinite" - is untenable
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    Life is more exciting when we don't know what to expect at every turn. Untenable adventure beckons - life à la Julius Verne.
  • SJHatzi
    30
    Points
    Is there anything more untenable than the stock market?

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