spinmeister

noun

spin·​meis·​ter ˈspin-ˌmī-stər How to pronounce spinmeister (audio)
variants or less commonly spinmaster

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To most Americans who are aware of him, Clegg is simply a smooth-talking Brit, a more polished spinmeister than his famously robotic boss. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2022 In the Wall Street Journal, the Republican spinmeister Karl Rove wrote that Democrats and Republicans have responsibilities to truth and civility. Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 8 Jan. 2022 The marquee flashed Yankees vs. Twins, but that served as an undercard to the juicier event, a matchup between the spinmeister and the spin skeptic. Star Tribune, 9 June 2021 Instead of being a conduit to Russian intelligence, the document suggests, Stone was a self-promoting spinmeister whose claims of having important connections may have inadvertently landed him in serious legal trouble. Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2019 And Martinez learned from the spinmeister general, Joe Maddon, who could find a silver lining in a cloud filled with lead. Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2018 Hurricane Harvey: An intriguing profile from the New York Times of L.A. spinmeister Michael Sitrick and the hassle of Harvey Weinstein. David Lazarus, latimes.com, 4 June 2018 Over the 16-year span of their back-to-back administrations, truth—as presented by presidents, White House aides, political spinmeisters and media outlets—became rhetorical taffy. David Friend, Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2017 Why does no one trust politicians and their spinmeisters? James Hohmann, Washington Post, 18 May 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spinmeister was in 1986

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“Spinmeister.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spinmeister. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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