Scaramucci

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Scaramucci, the measurement comes from Anthony Scaramucci's short time as White House Director of Communications.

Doublet of Scaramouche.

Proper noun

Scaramucci

1. A surname from Italian.

Translations

Translations

Italian: Scaramucci

Noun

Scaramucci (plural Scaramuccis)

1. (humorous, US politics) 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.
   • 2017, Toby Manhire, “The rapture”, in Toby Manhire, editor, The Spinoff Book‎, New Zealand: Penguin Random House, published 2019, →ISBN:

     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.

   • 2018, Dan Pfeiffer, Yes We (Still) Can‎, London: Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:

     My White House tenure lasted for approximately 220 “Scaramuccis.”

   • 2020, Paul Begala, You're Fired, New York: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 14:

     If Trump himself had been more experienced at governing, or if he'd kept some senior officials longer than one or two Scaramuccis, or if he'd surrounded himself with true pros, not sycophants and sons-in-law, things might have been different.

Alternative forms

• mooch

Italian

Proper noun

Scaramucci m or f by sense

1. a surname

Descendants

• English: Scaramucci
• → Chinese: 斯卡拉穆奇 (Sīkǎlāmùqí) (transliteration)