canutazo
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Spanish
Un canutazo (A great joint)
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Periodistas haciendo un canutazo a Rajoy (Journalists giving Mariano Rajoy a faceful of mics)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kanuˈtaθo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kanuˈtaso/
- Rhymes: -aθo
- Rhymes: -aso
- Syllabification: ca‧nu‧ta‧zo
Noun
canutazo m (plural canutazos)
- Augmentative of canuto; great joint, big joint (for smoking)
- (Spain, colloquial, journalism) Improvised press conferenced in which journalists stand around the celebrity (mainly politician), bringing their microphones close to him/her.
- 2011 May 9, Ana Nuin, “El canutazo”, in El Norte de Castilla:
- En el argot periodístico llamamos 'canutazo' -por la forma de los micrófonos- a esas declaraciones de 'aquí te pillo, aquí te grabo', comparencias fugaces y aparentemente informales que se están convirtiendo en el medio de expresión más habitual de los políticos.
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- 2018 October 17, Juan M. Niza, “Adictos al ‘canutazo’”, in Diario Córdoba:
- En la jerga profesional, el canutazoson esas improvisadas comparecencias con muchísimas alcachofas de radio y televisión,
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Further reading
- “canutazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16