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talk jockey

talk jockey noun: a host of a radio talk show.

Noun

talk jockey (plural talk jockeys)

  1. (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
    Synonyms:
    talk jock

Synonyms of talk jockey

Forms of talk jockey

pluraltalk jockeys

Origin of talk jockey

Invented in the 1970s.

Questions about talk jockey

What does talk jockey mean?
Talk jockey means a host of a radio talk show.
What part of speech is talk jockey?
Talk jockey is a noun.
What is the plural of talk jockey?
The plural of talk jockey is talk jockeys.

Words near talk jockey in the dictionary

  1. talk fast and loose
  2. talk in circles
  3. talk into
  4. talk is cheap
  5. talk jock
  6. talk jockey
  7. talk jockeys
  8. talk jocks
  9. talk like a book
  10. talk like an apothecary
  11. talk nasty

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