Meanings
plural spinmeisters
- USslanggovernmentA media liaison or spokesperson, charged with presenting the spin for their political side.
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.
1988, Laura A. Kiernan, “...And Then There Was One”, in The Boston Globe, archived from the original on 07 Mar 20161 more example
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.
2000 August 9, James Young, “The ‘conscience’ of the Senate”, in Potomac News, volume 41, number 320, Woodbridge, Va., page A6Synonyms: spinmaster
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA media liaison or spokesperson, charged with presenting the spin for their political side.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna public relations person who tries to forestall negative publicity by publicizing a favorable interpretation of the words or actions of a company or political party or famous person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From spin (“favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation”) + -meister. Piecewise doublet of spinmaster.
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