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• n  mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind

• This report by the Cooperative Analysis of Broadcasting, radio's weathervane, was, hands-down, the euphemism-of-the-week.
• Sensitive as a weathervane to the intellectual current of the day, but dizzied beyond his normal bewilderment by conflicting winds of doctrine, he has been doing his unlevel .
• As a cultural weathervane, Carson straddled two eras: the 50s and 60s, when all arbiters of popular taste, from a magazine editor to a comedian-host, were expected to pretend some .

• weather vane
• vane
• wind vane

News & Articles

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• Go 'Around the World in 80 Days' with Weathervane Playhouse
  See the world with Phileas Fogg and Weathervane Playhouse as local actors perform the comedy 'Around the World in 80 Days.'
  June 11, 2013 - Newark Advocate
• Weathervanes: Whether you need them or not
  Like the cherry atop a sundae, a decorative weathervane can serve as the crowning touch on a home — a final defining flourish and an artistic focal point.
  June 10, 2013 - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Quotes

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• Daniel Cohn-Bendit in EurActiv
  French Green MEP Daniel Cohn-Bendit called Sarkozy a "weathervane that faces the right way one moment and a false direction the next."
• Lincoln Chafee in Providence Journal
  But Chafee called Laffey's comments "another instance, similar to immigration, where Mayor Laffey spins like a weathervane, 180 degrees on this one, criticizing me for not supporting the president over and over again . . . and now when the...
• Jean Charest in Canada.com
  Charest said that the Quebec flag flies from the National Assembly tower, "not a weathervane," a swipe at opposition leader Mario Dumont.