CBS reporter Tony Dokoupil joked that the cardinals tasked with selecting the new pope at the Vatican are "rawdogging" the Papal Conclave because their devices have been confiscated.
"We imagine in the conclave that there's all these charged political debates going on," said CBS News reporter John Allen, as seen in the clip below. "No, inside the Sistine Chapel itself, virtually the entire time that the cardinals are inside is given over to the ritual of the balloting. Each ballot takes about an hour. ... Most of them will tell you while that's going on, they're reading their book of prayers... One thing we know they're not doing is checking Instagram because their devices have all been confiscated."
CBS Mornings co-host Tony Dokoupil added, "I believe the kids call it rawdogging it, if you're gonna go through a long period of time with no electronic device." The moment was met with laughs by the other reporters.
While the term "rawdogging" has expanded to mainstream usage to describe doing something mundane or even difficult without support or protection, its origins are much more obscene. The term was originally used as slang for unprotected sex, but it has since been adopted as a trend focused on taking a long-haul flight without entertainment or even food and sleep.
GQ reported on the phenomenon last year, while the BBC asked, "Is rawdogging long flights heroic or foolish?"
The "rawdogging" comment comes as the Vatican conclave's first day signalled that they had failed to elect a new pope, with black smoke emerging from the Sistine Chapel's chimney.
Thousands have crowded outside the Sistine Chapel as they keenly await news on the successor to Pope Francis, who died last month, aged 88.