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spin doctor

American  

noun

  1. Slang. a press agent skilled at spin control.

spin doctor British  

noun

  1. informal a person who provides a favourable slant to an item of news, potentially unpopular policy, etc, esp on behalf of a political personality or party

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spin doctor Idioms  

  1. An individual charged with getting others to interpret a statement or event from a particular viewpoint, as in Charlie is the governor's spin doctor. This term, born about 1980 along with spin control, uses doctor in the colloquial sense of “one who repairs something.”

Etymology

Origin of spin doctor

First recorded in 1985–1990

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