family photo
n.— «What, for instance, had Russian President Vladimir Putin so engaged on his cell phone as the leaders strode onto the resort’s lush lawn overlooking the sea for what’s known as the “family photo?” The same for France’s new president, Nicolas Sarkozy. (Bush, by the way, does not carry a cell phone; an aide does that for him.)» —“Notebook: Bush Is Nostalgic Over Blair” in Heiligendamm, Germany Guardian (United Kingdom) June 7, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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