"reverse ferret" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "The term originates from Kelvin MacKenzie's time at the The Sun. His preferred description of the role of journalists when it came to public figures was to \"stick a ferret up their trousers\". This meant making their lives uncomfortable, and was based on the northern sport of ferret-legging. However, when it became clear that the tide of public opinion had turned against the paper's line, MacKenzie would burst from his office shouting \"Reverse Ferret!\"",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "reverse ferrets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "reverse ferret (plural reverse ferrets)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Media",
          "orig": "en:Media",
          "parents": [
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sudden volte-face in an organisation's editorial line on a certain issue, especially one without acknowledgment of the previous position."
      ],
      "id": "en-reverse_ferret-en-noun--3dkqsep",
      "links": [
        [
          "media",
          "media"
        ],
        [
          "volte-face",
          "volte-face"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK media) A sudden volte-face in an organisation's editorial line on a certain issue, especially one without acknowledgment of the previous position."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "reverse ferret"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "reverse ferret"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "The term originates from Kelvin MacKenzie's time at the The Sun. His preferred description of the role of journalists when it came to public figures was to \"stick a ferret up their trousers\". This meant making their lives uncomfortable, and was based on the northern sport of ferret-legging. However, when it became clear that the tide of public opinion had turned against the paper's line, MacKenzie would burst from his office shouting \"Reverse Ferret!\"",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "reverse ferrets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "reverse ferret (plural reverse ferrets)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "en:Media"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sudden volte-face in an organisation's editorial line on a certain issue, especially one without acknowledgment of the previous position."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "media",
          "media"
        ],
        [
          "volte-face",
          "volte-face"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK media) A sudden volte-face in an organisation's editorial line on a certain issue, especially one without acknowledgment of the previous position."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "reverse ferret"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "reverse ferret"
}