talk jockey en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
Invented in the 1970s.
Meanings
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(idiomatic) A host of a radio talk show.
In the 1970s, the term talk jockey was invented, meaning "host of a radio talk show," later shortened to the rhyming talk jock and instigating the coinage of shock jock for the host of a "shock" talk show of the 1990s.
1999, Allan Metcalf, David K. Barnhart, America in So Many Words: Words That Have Shaped America:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| talk jockeys | Number=Plur | lexicographic |