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mike fright

American  

noun

Informal.

  1. extreme nervousness experienced on speaking into a microphone, as on radio or television.

Etymology

Origin of mike fright

First recorded in 1935–40; on the model of stage fright

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Stiffened with mike fright fortnight ago, it wouldn't.

From Time Magazine Archive

The girls were simply stricken with that brain-befuddling, tongue-tangling something called "mike fright."

From Time Magazine Archive

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