scaramucci

/ˌskærəˈmuːtʃi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Scaramucci. The measurement comes from Anthony Scaramucci's short time as White House Director of Communications in 2017. Doublet of Scaramouche.

name

  1. A surname from Italian.

noun

  1. A unit of time equal to the duration of Anthony Scaramucci's tenure as White House Director of Communications, variously defined as 10 or 11 days.“Ardern's peroration began, “It's been three weeks now since I was asked to take this job ...” From the crowd, a laugh of astonishment. In the space of only two Scaramuccis, to steal the unit of measurement of the day, she had transformed the fortunes of the Labour Party.”