| 词汇 | photo-op |
| 词源 | photo-op. White House press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler (1940–2003) coined this common term when serving as Presi- dent Richard Nixon’s press secretary, first using it as photogra- phy-opportunity. It means “a news event staged to produce flat- tering photographs,” as the New York Times (2/12/03) put it. Ziegler was also noted, wordwise, for his description of the Wa- tergate break-in as a “third-rate burglary.” |
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