spin room

[ spin room, room ]

noun

, Politics

1. a designated area where politicians and their representatives meet with reporters and analysts following a debate, speech, or other political occasion.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spin room¹

First recorded in 1985–90; from spin ( def ) (in the sense “influence in a particular direction”) + room ( def )

Example Sentences

What we do know is that the spin room has now moved way beyond post-presidential debate coverage.

From The Daily Beast

I then decided to plant myself in the spin room at every debate afterwards, and I did.

From The Daily Beast

And as the surrogates gathered to spin in the spin room at Hofstra, the partisans at Pacific Standard felt good, but not too good.

From The Daily Beast

Not as bad as a gaffe, from the spin-room point of view, but also not what they wanted to put out there.

From The Daily Beast

Maybe he was caught groping a campaign intern or telling anti-Mormon jokes in the spin room.

From The Daily Beast