flack-catcher

English

Noun

flack-catcher (plural flack-catchers)

1. Alternative form of flak catcher
   • 1972, Man & Nature:

     The biography of Edward S. Gruson states that “after being flack-catcher to the president of Harvard University during the recent years of student and community unrest,” the author searched for a totally irrelevant area of study and ended up writing Words for Birds.

   • 1993, Dean Tjosvold, Learning to Manage Conflict:

     I don't think I'm cut out to be a flack-catcher."

   • 1998, William Thomas, Peter Tompkins, Christopher C Bird, Bringing the War Home, page 240:

     A top tobacco industry PR man, Smith had spent 15 years as senior flack-catcher for Phillip Morris.