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Machiavellian

Word of the day on 28 November 2009.

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drchavi
A Machiavellian is a person who tells you to go to hell so tactfully that you start preparing for the trip.

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  • tWordBird
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    Machiavellian wins ~ Are redolent with their sins ~ They don’t reflect ones’ skills ~ Despite their cunning wills.
  • drchavi
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    Machiavellian Teaching: War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. Ambrose Bierce
  • drchavi
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    By hook or by crook Machiavellian penumbra lurks in everyone's inglenook
  • drchavi
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    Thank God for the Machiavellian antics of the serpent....otherwise the world would be so boring to live in
  • drchavi
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    Machiavellian principles are like Marriage...they need a give and take. 'You’d better give it to her or she’ll take it anyway. '
  • drchavi
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    Machiavellian Teamwork is a lot of people doing what I say......
  • drchavi
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    To err is human, to blame it on someone else is the mark of a good MBA (Machiavellian Business Aptitude/Attitude)
  • drchavi
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    Machiavellian Secrets of staying young: lie about your age....
  • drchavi
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    When the world is run by MBA's we have recession....MBA is actually mastering the art of Machiavellian Business Attitudes..
  • drchavi
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    Being Machiavellian is like having sex with clothes on....all froth and no coffee..
  • drchavi
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    Machiavellian: A gentleman who refuses to finish last
  • drchavi
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    Machiavellian muse- Everyone has good enemies except Me.
  • 3lbsofluv
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    I can see right through my cat's Machiavellian plans to have a taste of my take-away sushi. Cuteness won't work this time.
  • drchavi
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    Machiavelli the envious said with a sigh...drchavi knows more about being Machiavellian than I...
  • drchavi
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    Machiavellian Tip for a successful marriage: Understanding every word his wife is NOT saying...
  • drchavi
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    Without nature being Machiavellian no species would survive...
  • drchavi
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    Love has to be necessarily Machiavellian as it would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.
  • Ysabeluna
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    machiavellian marketing schemes - valentines, mothers, fathers, grandparents day; my day, your day, pets day, whatever day
  • drchavi
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    Machiavellian: A case of good guys finishing last.....
  • drchavi
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    All is fair in love and war...resulted in the Machiavellian solution....Marriage.....
  • drchavi
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    Love the greatest Machiavellian has the power of making you believe what you would normally treat with the deepest suspicion...
  • drchavi
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    Had Romeo been more Machiavellian in his pursuit of Juliet..love would have had a winning history
  • lithiumzombie
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    The Machiavellian Olympics feature some obscure events, like Mudslinging, Spy Jump and the very dangerous Mole Vault.
  • lithiumzombie
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    The way he's always pacing up and down, I'm sure my goldfish is conjuring up some Machiavellian scheme to get rid of me...
  • Ysabeluna
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    in a discreet mercenary machiavellian cloying, d gregarious artwiculator re-tweets to covertly covet d crown of artwiculation
  • Tralala56
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    Machiavellian sex ~ cunninglingus!
  • drchavi
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    45000 weddings in Delhi today & not a single dinner invitation for me...I need a refresher course in social Machiavellian skills
  • drchavi
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    Doing business without Machiavellian tactics is like 'winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but no one else does. MBA
  • drchavi
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    Machiavellian policy is how to go to heaven without dying.
  • dmriver
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    Despite what @kado56 thinks, I am more antediluvian than machiavellian.
  • Ysabeluna
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    a machiavellian person is the opposite of one who is magnanimous
  • drgts
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    Machiavellian: Bombastic euphemistic word used to describe sly bastards.
  • drchavi
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    A true Machiavellian friend stabs you from the front. Courtesy Oscar Wilde
  • tama001
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    The politics of Japan is very machiavellian political system, because all tops of the faction are machiavellian. #artwiculate
  • drchavi
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    Only when you become Machiavellian James Bond then you get women, cars and guns...
  • drchavi
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    Machiavellian: Saying I can make love for 8 hrs & forgetting to mention that they include 4 hrs of begging, dinner & a movie. courtsey Sting
  • Ysabeluna
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    globalization - machiavellian strategy to ensure that countries with low level of economic competitiveness remain the same
  • Ysabeluna
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    global warming - result of machiavellian prostitution of natural resources resulting to environmental degradation
  • SJHatzi
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    "Machiavellian" is a euphemism for a mean mother-in-law.
  • hotdng
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    @Artwiculate My friend said that 'whosoever submits the most entries for the WOTD is machiavellian, it takes one to know one'
  • MaxRaunchiness
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    Her Machiavellian attempt to snare me into matrimony failed, because I read The Prince all the way through!
  • pranavmukul
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    The silence of a machiavellian man is feared more than his words.
  • kado56
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    I'm your friendly machiavellian coachman, it'll be a pleasure to take you for a ride!
  • pranavmukul
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    Evasiveness is the best quality of a machiavellian.
  • Ysabeluna
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    my crystal ball says that the best machiavellian player wins this one, or maybe not ...
  • tama001
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    A machiavellian idea is slightly necessary to rebuild politics and the economy of Japan. #artwiculate
  • harrarp
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    Proclaiming Sylvio Berlusconi Rock Star of the Year shows Rolling Stone's machiavellian aptitude.
  • DrMobs
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    Machiavellian intelligence is the capacity for success in political engagement. Sadly, none of our current politicians have any.
  • SJHatzi
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    How does one combat the Machiavellian? Study it. Know it. Identify it. If it hurts others, eliminate it. If not, ignore it.

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