Next time you are complaining about the stirring of your mates or the complaints of your Boss, you can say you are copping some flak and feel like you are being shot at! But be careful you don’t write you are copping some flack as that may be wildly misinterpreted!
Flack: (noun) press agent or publicist
The movie star relied on her flack to manage the press conference.
Flack: (verb) to act as a PR or press agent
Flak: (noun) anti-aircraft artillery or bursting of shells fired from anti-aircraft artillery;over the top and/or aggressive criticism; opposition, disagreement. {Flak is derived from the German name of aircraft defence gun – Flieger Abwehr Kanone}
The politician was copping some flak over voting against his party on the carbon tax issue.
Simply remember that a PR agent always adds a little extra – like the letter c in flack!
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Thanks for taking time and actual effort to make an excellent article… but what can I say… I procrastinate alot and on no account appear to get something done so I can’t produce such posts myself even if I knew what a flack was. Maybe I need you to write my blog posts – do you do that?
Hi Tammy, and thanks for adding your thoughts. Maybe writing is not your thing and you get other tasks done – I love writing so a blog is easy for me! And yes, I do write blog posts for other businesses so contact me any time you want some direct help.