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shock jocks

shock jocks is the plural of shock jock.

Meaning of shock jock

Noun

shock jock (plural shock jocks)

  1. (slang) A deliberately offensive or provocative talk show host.
    • “To slam a movie about hate radio for fostering hate is like saying that a movie about the Ku Klux Klan will foster the Klan,” he says, adding that the death threats against Barry Champlain, “Talk Radio’s” shock jock, are not the imaginings of a feverish, Hollywood-inspired imagination.1989 January 6, Robert Koehler, “The Word on 'Talk Radio' : Eric Bogosian Finds Story in the 'Fringe Element' of the Media”, in Los Angeles Times

Questions about shock jocks

What is shock jocks the plural of?
Shock jocks is the plural of shock jock.

Words near shock jocks in the dictionary

  1. shock diamonds
  2. shock front
  3. shock fronts
  4. shock horror
  5. shock jock
  6. shock jocks
  7. shock mount
  8. shock mounts
  9. shock paddle
  10. shock paddles
  11. shock rock

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