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Svengali

Word of the day on 12 May 2010.

Winning tweet

72
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StarOfSavannah
Svengali. Svengali. (vote for this tweet.) Svengali. Svengali. (RT this tweet.) Svengali. Svengali.

Good uses

  • JonPowles
    70
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    This is my svengali tweet. Now, relax: You are feeling sleepy ... Zzzz ... No wait! You have to vote for it first! Oh bugger
  • kado56
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    Today, of all days, moving out of the shadow, I shall become my own svengali - with a little help from my friends.
  • baccatum
    69
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    I must be a Svengali, for I convinced my attorney to do my will.
  • mazpow
    68
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    Any svengali is welcome to my mind - I'm not using it.
  • asim7asim
    66
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    mesmerized Svengali ~ life miserable ~ believe it or not #haiku #artwiculate
  • SJHatzi
    60
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    Thank you Svengali but I don't dilly-dally with my time nor my mind. No one and nothing shall ever mesmerize me - goodbye.
  • lithiumzombie
    56
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    I'm under your spell / seventeen syllable hell / haiku svengali #haiku #artwiculate
  • dsceiorg
    54
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    I've no Svengali / I am independent / Right, Silia? Sil? #haiku #artwiculate
  • TiddK
    54
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    No-one's happy to see Svengali walk into a bar - they always seem to end up paying for his drinks. #artwiculate
  • harrarp
    52
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    I took three Svengali last night. I should never have mixed them with all that Rasputin. Now I realize I'm just a word processor.
  • dmriver
    51
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    Lisbeth's fury was ebbing now, tiredness setting in. She still would've tattooed svengali on his forehead, but ran out of ink.
  • OddlyStarry
    46
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    Ever commute to work, and not remember anything about getting there? You were probably driving a Toyota Svengali.
  • CaliforniaKara
    43
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    Machiavelli, the Svengali lion, really knows how to control her pride.
  • bwlightning
    42
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    Why did the svengali cross the road? To see if he could hear you cluck like a chicken from the other side.
  • gBaYgUrL
    41
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    Abused day to day, manipulated to stay, svengali go away, I no longer want to play #artwiculate
  • lippy73
    40
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    Silent svengali / with his eyes he persuades me / to surrender all #artwiculate #senryu
  • Wifsie
    40
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    Slay your inner dragon, the svengali inside, and allow the light of your soul to always be your guide. #artwiculate
  • TheSupercargo
    39
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    Cameron and Clegg: Which will play Svengali to the other’s Trilby? http://bit.ly/a4CYC7
  • ajeanne
    38
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    My svengali is not a person, but instead the monitor's glow.
  • MaxRaunchiness
    38
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    Redhead and brunette / Convinced to join me for love / I am Svengali! #maxku
  • TinaNguyen
    38
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    vast Internet / great svengali / holder of all truths #haiku #artwiculate
  • AaronLivingston
    37
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    Svengali- a swede who couldn't stop using the archaic English "golly" #artwiculate
  • DaveCurry
    37
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    Wishy-washy Svengali? Always changing his mind control.
  • osmarjardim
    37
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    I am Mr. Svengali. I am the boss. I never make mistakes. When I am wrong it is because of others. Got it?
  • Ysabeluna
    36
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    svengali eyes ~ your gaze just mesmerize ~ awed, i can't surmise ~ #haiku #poetry http://twitpic.com/1n5868
  • nedmw
    35
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    Svenbarley (n) the strange svengali that overcomes me when it's beer o'clock #artwiculate
  • LBY3
    34
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    @artwiculate The Lion King's Scar: The Svengali of the Serengeti.
  • marcosarroyos
    34
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    The fail whale must be a svengali, because he keeps taking control of my @Twitter account away from me.
  • OldJoeStalin
    33
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    I'm no Svengali when it comes to my ex-wife's mother. I can't get her to give me the time of day, much less her blessing.
  • prashanthm18
    33
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    Love ~ is itself a Svengali. #artwiculate
  • minibtweet
    32
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    Waif like, ghostly pallor apparent to others. Oh why believe a svengali friend & only see a distorted image #artwiculate
  • tama001
    30
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    Svengali-like parallel universe. Is it a dream or reality? Which is a true lie? #artwiculate
  • Krafti_kit
    29
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    Svengali This WOTD is hard to resist/has me under its' spell. #artwiculate
  • lagadu123
    29
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    A svengali's secret mission is to dabble in destiny. Don't let him get away with it – bring on a mutiny.
  • emmaexpress
    28
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    Svengali? Isn't that @MaxRaunchiness's middle name?
  • hfeaga
    28
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    If I were a svengali I'd have to stock up on dark eye makeup and spooky music.
  • Squawkingalah
    28
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    The failed Svengali turned to Twitter spam, using a picture of a silicone-enhanced blonde as his avatar.
  • Slave_To_Coffee
    26
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    Love. Bittersweet Svengali. I am mesmerized by your lies and forever changed by your truths. -- #artwiculate
  • tWordBird
    26
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    The early bird uses svengali techniques to lure the worms out, at dawn: Mesmerizing worm-charming, mostly.
  • agezoko
    25
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    A witch's mirror has svengali power. Human's desire is exposed. #artwiculate
  • beezknez
    25
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    The trusted priests use / gods innocent children to / practice svengali /#haiku #artwiculate #svengali
  • Gardencomet
    25
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    Svengali and Mesmer spent the night in a bar but neither remembered it the next day
  • BeaSempere
    25
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    @artwiculate Damn Santa! He’s a Svengali of my Christmas cheer with an obligation to spend and only Brandy egg nog to stop its hold.
  • stephkat716
    25
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    that svengali man / her heart surrenders / her souls demise / his sinister plan #artwiculate

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