"Kinsley gaffe" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Named after American journalist Michael Kinsley (b. 1951), who drew attention to the phenomenon.",
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          "ref": "2013 October 9, Max Fisher, The Washington Post:",
          "text": "They said it had been only a trial run, posted in error, showing hypothetical results from one small electoral district. You might call this a sort of Kinsley gaffe on a national scale.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, David A. Graham, “Trump Can Never Go Too Far for Republicans”, in The Atlantic:",
          "text": "Give Thune credit for candor, or at least for a Kinsley gaffe: Intentionally or not, he made clear that the game was getting the best available walk-back and moving on.",
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        }
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        "A mistake whereby a politician inadvertently says something truthful which they had not meant to reveal."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US politics) A mistake whereby a politician inadvertently says something truthful which they had not meant to reveal."
      ],
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        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
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        "Michael Kinsley"
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  "word": "Kinsley gaffe"
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  "etymology_text": "Named after American journalist Michael Kinsley (b. 1951), who drew attention to the phenomenon.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kinsley gaffes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        {
          "ref": "2013 October 9, Max Fisher, The Washington Post:",
          "text": "They said it had been only a trial run, posted in error, showing hypothetical results from one small electoral district. You might call this a sort of Kinsley gaffe on a national scale.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, David A. Graham, “Trump Can Never Go Too Far for Republicans”, in The Atlantic:",
          "text": "Give Thune credit for candor, or at least for a Kinsley gaffe: Intentionally or not, he made clear that the game was getting the best available walk-back and moving on.",
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        "A mistake whereby a politician inadvertently says something truthful which they had not meant to reveal."
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        "(US politics) A mistake whereby a politician inadvertently says something truthful which they had not meant to reveal."
      ],
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        "US"
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        "government",
        "politics"
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