Flak Catcher Definition
noun
A person whose job is to conduct public relations by shielding a more prominent person by intercepting and deflecting complaints and criticism .
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Coined by Tom Wolfe in his 1970 book Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers, from flak , meaning "criticism".
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