spray
n.— Note: Describes the same event as this citation for pooled spray. «Instead of the hoped-for podium to podium event, the two men put on an unconvincing show of friendship sitting stiffly side by side before an unlit fire in the Oval Office, taking a handful of questions, an event known in the parlance of the West Wing as “a spray” or mini-press conference.» —“Third date, and the fumbling couple fail to reach first base” by Leonard Doyle Independent (United Kingdom) Mar. 4, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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