hot mic

noun

noun

Informal A microphone that is turned on, especially by mistake or malfunction, and transmitting the speech of an oblivious user.

The authoritarian strongmen Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have mused on how organ transplants might lead to immortality, during a brief exchange of small talk caught on a hot mic at a military parade.2025 September 3, Oliver Holmes, Pjotr Sauer, “Hot mic catches Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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