504jdw's definitions

a poor waif in his underwear

a person who has blown their cover as a Kremlin propagandist, especially when it is unclear they even knew they were one

Seymour Hersh was a poor waif in his underwear when quoting his source, a supposed “anonymous US official”, who used the russian idiom “waif in his underwear”, which until then was not used in English.

by 504jdw July 28, 2023