spin doctor

Etymology
From +. First used describing US politics, early 1980s.

Noun

 * 1)  A person employed to gloss over a poor public image (or present it in a better light) in business and politics, especially after unfavourable results have been achieved. A lobbyist; PR person.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: spindoktor, særlig rådgiver
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: imagokonsultti, PR-konsultti;
 * French: ,
 * German: Imageberater, Schönredner, Tatsachenbeschöniger, PR-Berater,
 * Italian: curatore di immagine,, lobbista, esperto di comunicazione
 * Polish: spin doktor, spin doctor
 * Portuguese: marqueteiro
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: asesor de imagen
 * Welsh: doctor areithiau, sbinddoctor

Verb

 * 1)  To generate spin (favourable interpretation or bias).