press avail
English edit
Etymology edit
Shortening of press availability, itself a shortening of "press availability session". First recorded in early 1990s.
Noun edit
press avail (plural press avails)
- (US, politics, journalism) Short for press availability.
- 1992 April 18, Craig R. McCoy, “A Campaign Juggernaut Jaunts Through Phila.”, in Philadelphia Inquirer[1], page A4:
- "There won't be a press avail," she explained briskly about Clinton's first stop at - where else - the Italian Market. "It'll basically be a photo op."
Coordinate terms edit
Words for other types of press events