rentagub

English

Etymology

From rent a gub. where gub is Scottish slang for "mouth".

Noun

rentagub (plural rentagubs)

1. (UK, slang) A paid spokesperson.
   • 2001 January 6, Chris Mac, “Gambling Online”, in uk.sport.horseracing (Usenet):

     Scores of bookies to choose from for best prices and you dont have Rentagub Cert shouting every "good thing" home

   • 2006 January 15, DjAngie_Baby, “Windy Miller”, in uk.rec.radio.cb (Usenet):

     Here you know what why don't you stop beating about the bush and get yer ass in here and just say what you really want to get aff yer chest and stop playing them little games you play .... your name should have been poison or rentagub man wie allthe shite that comes oot yer gub man

   • 2007, Christopher Brookmyre, Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks, →ISBN, page 202:

     Her name was Miriam Gelaghtly, and I think it's fair to name her because she's frequently elbowing her way into the media spotlight as the homeopathy racket's main rentagub north of the border.

   • 2011, Christopher Brookmyre, Boiling A Frog, →ISBN:

     The issues at stake were health and education, as borne out by the preceding quotes from, funnily enough, health and education practitioners, but there they were too, every time, the holy rentagubs.

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