[Lexicog] Spin doctor

[Rudolph C Troike]

The metaphorical sense of "put a [positive or negative] spin" on some
piece of news/information has been around for quite awhile. But I recall
some discussions on network TV a decade or so ago after the Republican
party held its nominating convention in New Orleans (I think when the
Bush-Quayle ticket was nominated) about the emergence during the
convention of the term "spin doctor", which was (folk?-)etymologized as
being formed on the analogy of "voodoo doctor", a common practitioner in
New Orleans.

	Rudy



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