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hot mic en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (informal, uncountable) A microphone that is turned on, especially by mistake or malfunction, and transmitting the speech of an oblivious user.
    • The authoritarian strongmen Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have mused on how organ transplants might lead to immortality, during a brief exchange of small talk caught on a hot mic at a military parade. 2025 September 3, Oliver Holmes, Pjotr Sauer, “Hot mic catches Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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