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English
Etymology
From spin (“favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation”) + -meister.
Pronunciation
Noun
spinmeister (plural spinmeisters)
- (US politics, slang) A media liaison or spokesperson, charged with presenting the spin for their political side.
1988, Laura A. Kiernan, “...And Then There Was One”, in The Boston Globe:Republican spinmeisters were quick to offer their opinions last week on Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess' decision not to challenge Portsmouth lawyer Paul McEachern for the Democratic nomination for governor.
2000 August 9, James Young, “The ‘conscience’ of the Senate”, in Potomac News, volume 41, number 320, Woodbridge, Va., page A6:The reporting on Al Gore’s selection of Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman to be his running mate illustrates yet again the willingness of America’s dominant liberal media to accept without question the tales woven by Democratic spinmeisters.
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