| 释义 |
doughnutting, n. Broadcasting slang.|ˈdəʊnʌtɪŋ|
[f. doughnut n. + -ing1.]
The clustering of politicians round a speaker during a televised parliamentary debate, esp. in order to give the impression that the speaker is well supported or to conceal low attendance (see quot. 19892).
The practice is said to have originated in Canada, but this term appears not to have been used there.
1989Daily Tel. 16 Sept. 15/4 Viewers of Commons television coverage which starts in November have been warned to watch out for the practice of ‘doughnutting’—whereby MPs cluster artificially around colleagues speaking in debates. 1989Sunday Tel. 26 Nov. 43/3 ‘Doughnutting’..came from Ottawa... There might be only 20 members in the house, but knowing that the director wasn't allowed a wideshot, six of an MP's mates would go and sit around him so that it looked as if the house was crowded. 1990EFL Gaz. Jan. 25/1 Doughnutting, overworked since the House of Commons first received full-frontal teletreatment last November, this useful word to describe the practice of clustering around the MP who is speaking, in order to appear on the screens, is apparently of Canadian origin. |