Oval Office

noun

the office of the president of the United States, located in the White House.
this office regarded as the seat of executive power in the U.S. federal government.

Oval Office

the private office of the president of the US, a large oval room in the White House
the US presidency

Oval Office

An oval-shaped room in the White House that serves as the official office of the president of the United States. Since the presidency of Richard Nixon , the term has been used to refer to the president himself: “The order came directly from the Oval Office.”

An Americanism dating back to 1960–65; so called from the shape of the room

He attended White House strategy sessions on Vietnam and Israel; a private phone line linked his court office to the Oval Office.

His Oval Office radio addresses were famously labeled “Fireside Chats” and he called listening citizens “my friends.”

Do Americans prefer a stressed out president — no fun, no sun, no life outside of the Oval Office or the Situation Room?

These types of comments coming from the White House, from the Oval Office, it takes your breath away.

These terms still apply even when the other guy is in the Oval Office.

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