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

  • Aatube@kbin.melroy.orgOP
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    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.