flack-catcher

A form of flak catcher — A person whose job is to conduct public relations by shielding a more prominent person by intercepting and deflecting complaints and criticism.

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Meanings

nounflack-catcher (plural flack-catchers)

plural flack-catchers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of flak catcher.

    I don't think I'm cut out to be a flack-catcher."

    1993, Dean Tjosvold, Learning to Manage Conflict
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    The biography of Edward S. Gruson states that “after being flack-catcher to the president of Harvard University during the recent years of student and community unrest,” the author searched for a totally irrelevant area of study and ended up writing Words for Birds.

    1972, Man & Nature

    A top tobacco industry PR man, Smith had spent 15 years as senior flack-catcher for Phillip Morris.

    1998, William Thomas, Peter Tompkins, Christopher C Bird, Bringing the War Home, page 240
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