Talleyrand

When a person is skilled politically. The word comes from Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838), the brilliant, coldly political, and womanizing French politician who survived through a turbulent French history by switching sides and making the right moves politically.

"He would have to be a Talleyrand to talk his way out of this one!"

by Chase Parsley February 22, 2008