Kinsley gaffe

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mistake whereby a politician inadvertently says something truthful which they had not meant to reveal. US
    — They said it had been only a trial run, posted in error, showing hypothetical results from one small electoral district. You might call this a sort of Kinsley gaffe on a national scale.

词形变化

Kinsley gaffes plural

词源

Named after American journalist Michael Kinsley (b. 1951), who drew attention to the phenomenon.
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