Zacharia is out!

 

She didn't even make it as long as a Scaramucci!*

Katie Zacharia Is Ousted After 5 Days as White House Press Secretary 

The ouster came as Ms. Zacharia was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.

*A Scaramucci (or a "Mooch") is a humorous political unit of time equal to 10 or 11 days. [1, 2, 3]

• Origin: It is named after Anthony Scaramucci, who served as White House Director of Communications for just 11 days in July 2017 during the first presidency of Donald Trump.
• Usage: People use it as a tongue-in-cheek metric to measure the short-lived tenures of political figures, public officials, or corporate leaders.
• Synonym: Often shortened to a "Mooch" (e.g., saying someone lasted "4 Mooches" in a job).