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.
itsathursday@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Is “hot mic” not a commonly known phrase or something? It’s literally in the dictionary.
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 days ago
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 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.org 3 days ago
agreed. it's technically a hot mic, but c'mon