pencil-whip

pencil-whip
v.
To severely criticize, especially as a member of the media.
Example Citation:
"I know you [media] guys are going to get me. Maybe you guys won't pencil-whip me this week, but I know it's coming."
— Tony Dorsett
Notes:
"Pencil-whip" seems to be a blend of "pencil" (the instrument with which many media types write their notes) and "horsewhip" (in its sense of a "verbal flogging").
Category:
Over a 20-yr career in the Air Force, we used this term in the military to describe how important records were falsefied. i.e. When a record was missing an important event entry, a record entry would be made to look like the event was completed on a previous date.

New words. 2013.

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