One word

Vestige

Word of the day on 02 November 2009.

Winning tweet

95
Points
PuddleMonkey
After countless surgeries, Belinda was but a vestige of her former self...and now named Bill.

Good uses

  • routermonkey
    80
    Points
    Joe lay in bed, gravely ill. Valliantly, he used his last vestige of strength to tweet "not feeling good..." #artwiculate
  • DrMobs
    70
    Points
    The last vestige of dignity was lost when he realised, after undressing, that he wasn't in a fitting room but a display window.
  • lithiumzombie
    65
    Points
    Dinosaur footprints: the vestige of times past. My cat's footprints: the vestige of a rather messy paint job.
  • lexiconehead
    55
    Points
    If you want nothing much, there's nothing better than The Best Vestige Hotel
  • Melly2424
    55
    Points
    When I was a kid I stood in cement at my grandparents house. I liked the way it squished between my toes. It's a vestige of what I once was.
  • tWordBird
    55
    Points
    You left behind a vestige I wish I could wash away… but I’ll not hold onto a grudge… instead, I’ll seize the day!
  • SJHatzi
    55
    Points
    The vestige of time on one's face, a life well lived does not erase.
  • AizenTal
    50
    Points
    For a whole day I carried a mustard stain on my shirt - a silent vestige of a great pastrami sandwich.
  • minibtweet
    50
    Points
    I followed a celebrity on Twitter but soon realised there wasn't a vestige of truth in their tweets #artwiculate
  • caslexplorers
    50
    Points
    The soul of wit is brevity / So I'll be brief, to wit: / You'll find a vestige of levity / In this doggerel twit.
  • tWordBird
    50
    Points
    What vestige of value will we leave… when we leave these visceral vessels?
  • phocks
    50
    Points
    an infinitesimal vestige of hope, a fleeting chance no matter how remote..
  • Ysabeluna
    45
    Points
    the vestige of a humorless rumor is a black eye
  • Ysabeluna
    45
    Points
    I cling on to the elusive vestige s of you / a scent, a caress, a kiss / you are profoundly missed
  • Ysabeluna
    45
    Points
    The 'Burka' is the remaining vestige of male control in some areas, but females unveil in foreign lands,no burka yet make-up now their mask
  • SJHatzi
    45
    Points
    A vestige of wit is brevity.
  • TheSupercargo
    40
    Points
    @artwiculate How much more is a vestige than a scintilla?
  • yopopodawn
    40
    Points
    The Vestige. A movie about rival magicians obsessed with creating the faintest, mildest smell possible. With tragic results.
  • lithiumzombie
    40
    Points
    Following in the footsteps of Zorro, the masked bandit known as 'Vestige' leaves a big V-mark on his victims' foreheads. Well, in biro.
  • MaryJenkins
    40
    Points
    Deck the malls w/Christmas folly! 'Tis the Season to bid on dolly. Don our kids w/ overpriced apparel.Hear the vestige of a Christmas Carol.
  • rsilverstein
    40
    Points
    This tweet is but a vestige of my fully formed thought...
  • Lomnoir
    40
    Points
    A colloquialism is the last vestige of the dodo.
  • Ysabeluna
    40
    Points
    At Amsterdam's red light district, a client lost the last vestige of dignity as curtains went up & he was on display 4 all tourists to see
  • SJHatzi
    40
    Points
    Humanity will triumph over itself when war is but a vestige of the past.
  • tama001
    40
    Points
    A vestige of past pitiful war is left in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Love or Nucleus? #artwiculate
  • TheSupercargo
    40
    Points
    Good morning! November begins with +5.6°C, grey skies, rain. The weekend wind has left just a vestige of leaves shivering on the birches.
  • SJHatzi
    35
    Points
    A vestige of Clue often suffices to deduct a mystery. (Game within a game). It's elementary.
  • tWordBird
    35
    Points
    Twace: The virtual vestige of a deleted tweet. #artwiculate
  • TheSupercargo
    35
    Points
    Vestige: very small leather or denim waistcoats, adorned with patches, worn by children in bikers gangs, eg HKTC (Hell's Kids Tricycle Club)
  • Ysabeluna
    35
    Points
    "The Holocaust Cellar", vestige of man's inhumanity to mankind .
  • AizenTal
    35
    Points
    My dad's whole family was murdered in the Holocaust. He is the only ramining vestige.
  • silversteelwolf
    35
    Points
    The replacement of his heart with a motorized pump removed his last vestige of humanity.
  • harrarp
    35
    Points
    This bright full moon - see how a vestige can shine - after all it once was just a castaway sliver of our embryonic planet.
  • lexiconehead
    35
    Points
    Twas quite a nightmare: vestigial limbs all akimbo, and a lingering vestige of pendulous breasts on a bimbo...
  • tofias
    35
    Points
    Worst part of saran wrapping windows in preparation for winter? Peeling the vestige of last winter's plastic off and wondering if it worked.
  • californiakara
    35
    Points
    A mere vestige of proper grammar remains in today's world of IMs and tweets. Le sigh.
  • Ysabeluna
    35
    Points
    Robot or human error? The vestige of a social networking site toward extinction is an October summary board delisting a top 7 Artwiculator
  • Ysabeluna
    35
    Points
    Tombstones are d last vestige s of honoring d dead, my favorite reads"Tomas, rest in peace you are in Lord's arms. Lord, watch your wallet"
  • onesparrow
    35
    Points
    Just when I had but a vestige of hope, the realisation: a new month, a new chance to be in the Hall of Fwame!
  • PamMktgNut
    35
    Points
    The remaining vestige of muscle was overtaken by the mass consumption of Halloween Trick or Treatin' success! #artwiculate
  • SJHatzi
    35
    Points
    Gentlemen, if you want women to concede to a vestige of truth in your proclamations stop asserting you subscribe to Playboy for the articles
  • lexiconehead
    34
    Points
    Every vestige of the day's artwiculae can be revisited ad nauseam @artwiculate
  • indymavs
    30
    Points
    Just a vestige of my dignity remains... yes, I watch "reality" tv.
  • Gelfand
    30
    Points
    @artwiculate The ravenous women peaked eagerly into the fridge, sighting the cake it dawned that the last vestige of a diet sailed away.
  • PudHW
    30
    Points
    As Ken stumbled home past the church, a gust of wind blew away the bottom of his costume along with any vestige of his dignity.
  • arcangeld
    30
    Points
    Theres a saying, never go to bed angry. I'll one up it by saying, sleep with the vestige of a smile on your lips.
  • revhappiness
    30
    Points
    "Excuse me, where would I find the vestige virgins?" Down the hall and second door on the right. Tell Tiny at the door I sent you.
  • Ysabeluna
    30
    Points
    The vestige of a twicpal @tWordBird losing his sanity is an OC behavior to change his avatar from a caged to a dancing bird & more to come
  • tWordBird
    30
    Points
    You’ve gone. But I hold / Your invisible vestige / Cloaked around my heart. #haiku #artwiculate #giref #love

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