Idiom
spin doctor
Meaning
To generate spin (a favorable interpretation or bias).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The press team works hard to spin doctor every bad headline.”
“When the scandal broke, the company hired someone to spin doctor the story in their favor.”
“Skilled in the dark arts of public relations, she could spin doctor even the most damaging leak into a tale of corporate resilience.”
Examples
simple
“The press team works hard to spin doctor every bad headline.”
contextual
“When the scandal broke, the company hired someone to spin doctor the story in their favor.”
complex
“Skilled in the dark arts of public relations, she could spin doctor even the most damaging leak into a tale of corporate resilience.”
Origin
From spin, in the sense of a favourable comment or interpretation, and doctor. The term is first recorded c. 1984 in the New York Times.
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