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Lcchang Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Optics
A senior State Department official acknowledged that the latest disclosures might further damage the U.S. public image of the Karzai administration, saying there is no doubt that the reports of bags of money changing hands "are not great optics."
May I ask what "optics" means here? And what is "are not great optics"?
Thanks.
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" May I ask what "optics" means here? And what is "are not great optics"? It's a slang way of saying tha this activity does not look good to the public.
- " May I ask what "optics" means here?
- And what is "are not great optics"?
- It's a slang way of saying tha this activity does not look good to the public.
- Clive
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Hi,
the reports of bags of money changing hands "are not great optics."
Clive
the reports of bags of money changing hands "are not great optics."
May I ask what "optics" means here? And what is "are not great optics"?
It's a slang way of saying tha this activity does not look good to the public.Clive
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