sourcerer
nounEtymology From source and sorcerer.
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Journalism, Media Informal A source that massages information they provide to the press to fit their agenda
- He has an opposite belief when it comes to "sourcerers," a category in which he puts the Kissingers, the Haigs, and the Weinbergers -- people whose goal, as Mr. Smyser sees it, is to use the press, and ultimately the public, as a means to an end.1983, Abraham Henry Raskin, Who Said That?:
- Media whistleblowers cannot be summarily characterized either as "sources" or "sourcerers".1992, Hastings communications and entertainment law journal, page 396:
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- Neither the government litigators nor the evil sourcerers could count on prevailing on any particular set of facts.1997, Louis S. Freeman, Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-offs, Joint Ventures and Other Strategic Alliances, Financings, Reorganizations and Restructurings, Volumes 3-4:
- All effective sourcerers are part news detective.2003, Sharyl Attkisson, Don Rodney Vaughan, Writing Right for Broadcast and Internet News, →ISBN, page 100:
- Our chief "Sourcerers" are Big Jim Cameron, former News Director, WCOZ, and John McGhon, former Program Director, WDVE.1979, Broadcasting, page 16:
- The Iatest from the surimi sourcerers. Quality FRESH TUNA!1989, Seafood Leader, page 30:
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- Greg D'Alesandre, "chocolate sourcerer" and co-owner at Dandelion Chocolate in San Francisco, spent six years as a group product manager at Google before pursuing his lifelong dream of making a living making chocolate.2016 June 22, Robin D. Schatz, “What A Chocolate 'Sourcerer' Learned From Working At Google”, in Forbes:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Informal A programmer, a coder, someone who works with source code.
- (see title)2013 October 2, Dan Gillmor, “In praise of Richard Stallman, GNU's open sourcerer”, in The Guardian:
- Related terms
- sourcer