press gaggle
press gaggle noun: an informal off-camera briefing given by a spokesperson or politician.
Noun
press gaggle (plural press gaggles)
- An informal off-camera briefing given by a spokesperson or politician.
- In 20 years of journalism, I'd never seen a public official do what McGreevey did when asked a question he didn't want to answer at a press gaggle after a public event […]2004 November 15, Herb Jackson, “Codey can expect a cozy honeymoon”, in The Record, Bergen County, New Jersey
- A noisy crowd of journalists.
- When he returned to his hometown in Kansas over the weekend, the press gaggle made it difficult for Hart to circulate among several hundred people from Ottawa who turned out to meet him at a reception.1988 January 22, Kurt Wilkie, “Gary Hart, Revisited”, in Boston Globe, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016
Forms of press gaggle
| plural | press gaggles |
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Origin of press gaggle
By analogy with a gaggle of goose. First recorded in the briefing sense in the early 2000s.
Questions about press gaggle
- What does press gaggle mean?
- Press gaggle means an informal off-camera briefing given by a spokesperson or politician.
- What part of speech is press gaggle?
- Press gaggle is a noun.
- What is the plural of press gaggle?
- The plural of press gaggle is press gaggles.
Words near press gaggle in the dictionary
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