as opposed to “an apparent error in which a microphone is switched on or remains on, especially without the speaker realizing”

  • itsathursday@lemmy.worldEnglish
    231·
    3 days ago

    Is “hot mic” not a commonly known phrase or something? It’s literally in the dictionary.

    • chuckleslord@lemmy.worldEnglish
      141·
      2 days ago

      He didn’t say this and it was accidentally caught by a mic. He just said it into a mic, on purpose. That’s not a hot mic (is what OP is saying)

    • Aatube@kbin.melroy.orgOP
      2·
      2 days ago

      n. Informal. a microphone that is actively recording or broadcasting, especially if it captures a comment or conversation that the speaker or speakers believed to be private (often used attributively): The reporter was suspended after her profanity was caught on a hot mic.