Quote Originally Posted by lady_zana
No, spin is saying something in a light to sway public opinion. It isn't always used to smear a person and nor is it always something from the past.


To provide an interpretation of (a statement or event, for example), especially in a way meant to sway public opinion: “a messenger who spins bogus research into a vile theology of hatred” (William A. Henry III).

-- www.dictionary.com

Spin - a political agenda, twisting truths or facts into something that "proves" your point of view.

-- http://ircpolitics.org/glossary.html#S

Spin: V. - the cycle after wash.

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Spin: V. - Method used by Lance Armstrong to train for the Tour de Freance.

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Spin: V. - the proverbial crock of "stuff"

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