[Ads-l] _pool spray_

[Andy Bach]

In an OpEd today:
On "Fox & Friends," Brian Kilmeade insisted, if you are in that pool spray,
you are loving this, and if you are an American citizen you are loving
this."

Never heard this but Wiktionary says:
An event in which photographers
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/photographer> and other members of the news
media <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/news_media> are allowed to visit
briefly with the US President <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/President> or
other top US government officials, especially on the occasion of a meeting
with leaders <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leader> or high-level officials
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/official> from other countries.

NYTimes, in 2009, puts it in quotes:
At the White House today, news photographers streamed into the Oval Office
for what’s known as a “pool spray,” a very brief photo opportunity.
https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/the-white-house-spray/

At least one site, WordBuzz, mentions this as the earliest cite they could
find.

The "you are loving this" phrase is apparently a common Trumpism, from,
perhaps, the McDonald's ad line.
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