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idiot board

idiot board noun: a board held off camera during a live television broadcast to prompt the presenter.

Noun

idiot board (plural idiot boards)

  1. (informal) A board held off camera during a live television broadcast to prompt the presenter.

Synonyms of idiot board

Forms of idiot board

pluralidiot boards

Origin of idiot board

Implying that reading from a board, rather than thinking up things to say, does not require much intelligence.

Questions about idiot board

What does idiot board mean?
Idiot board means a board held off camera during a live television broadcast to prompt the presenter.
What part of speech is idiot board?
Idiot board is a noun.
What is the plural of idiot board?
The plural of idiot board is idiot boards.

Words near idiot board in the dictionary

  1. idiosyncratic reactions
  2. idiosyncratical
  3. idiosyncratically
  4. idiosyncraticity
  5. idiot
  6. idiot board
  7. idiot boards
  8. idiot box
  9. idiot boxes
  10. idiot card
  11. idiot cards

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