Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

press gaggle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: press -gag-gle
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An informal off-camera briefing given by a spokesperson or politician.

American usage

noun

A noisy crowd of journalists.

Example Sentences

"In 20 years of journalism, I'd never seen a public official do what McGreevey did when asked a question he didn't want to answer at a press gaggle after a public event […]"
"When he returned to his hometown in Kansas over the weekend, the press gaggle made it difficult for Hart to circulate among several hundred people from Ottawa who turned out to meet him at a reception."

Etymology

By analogy with a gaggle of goose. First recorded in the briefing sense in the early 2000s.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

press gaggles (plural)

Questions

What does press gaggle mean?: An informal off-camera briefing given by a spokesperson or politician.
Where does press gaggle come from?: By analogy with a gaggle of goose. First recorded in the briefing sense in the early 2000s.

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