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talk jockeys

talk jockeys is the plural of talk jockey.

Meaning of talk jockey

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

Questions about talk jockeys

What is talk jockeys the plural of?
Talk jockeys is the plural of talk jockey.

Words near talk jockeys in the dictionary

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

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