Wiktionary
interj. 1 (context idiomatic English) An "official" refusal to relay any further information, used for example in response to a question by a newspaper reporter or police officer. 2 (context idiomatic English) A refusal to say the obvious impolite retort.
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No comment is a phrase used as a response to journalistic inquiries which the respondent does not wish to answer. Public figures may decline to comment on issues they are questioned or have nothing to say about the issue at the time. Officials not given authorization by their higher authority to speak to the media similarly may decline to comment.
No comment indicates that the speaker does not choose to say anything on the subject, and it is automatically invalidated if the speaker then comments or answers questions. It is not a request for the material to be considered off the record or otherwise kept confidential. If the speaker wishes to talk about the subject, but does not wish to be named as a source, they must obtain the journalist's explicit agreement in advance that the response is not to be used for attribution.
No Comment is the Front 242 album that was first released in 1984 on the Another Side music label. The album was the first reference to Electronic Body Music (EBM) 1 when the band included the phrase "Electronic Body Music Composed And Produced On Eight Tracks By Front 242" in reference to their use of an 8-track recording device. Though the album was their second full-length album, the Belgian band had released several singles and EPs prior to No Comment. The clip of dialogue featured in the track "Special Forces" is from the movie Apocalypse Now.
" No comment" is a phrase used to avoid answering questions from journalists.
No Comment may also refer to:
- No Comment (band), an American band, active from 1987 to 1993
- No Comment (Front 242 album), 1984
- No Comment (Van Gogh album), 1997
- A segment of the TV network Euronews
No Comment were an American powerviolence band from North Hollywood, California, active from 1987 to 1993.
No Comment is the first live album by Serbian rock band Van Gogh. The album was recorded on the band's concerts held on January 23 and 24, 1997 in Studentski kulturni centar in Belgrade.
The track "Zemlja čuda" features a medley inspired by Lou Reed's " Walk on the Wild Side", The Doors' " Light My Fire", The Rolling Stones' " You Can't Always Get What You Want", Stereo MCs' " Connected", and Elvis Presley's " Can't Help Falling in Love".
Usage examples of "no comment".
So while the unannounced appearance of a Logan 350-one of the sleekest and most distinguished vessels available to a private citizen-caused the traffic control officers on duty at Lorelei to give their undivided attention to getting docked smoothly and without delay, it caused no comment.
If she wondered why, in a world possessed of a ubiquitous Internet, those guests insisted on observing in person, she made no comment.
This is no comment on his bearing or temperament, though he could be a chilly bastard when he wanted.
When the train started Tom Little punched his ticket, grinned and, although he knew George well and knew on what adventure he was just setting out, made no comment.
The ironlord scowled at Alusair, but made no comment on her dress.