Meanings
nountalk jockey (plural talk jockeys)
plural talk jockeys
- idiomaticA 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 AmericaSynonyms: talk jock
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA host of a radio talk show.
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Origin
Invented in the 1970s.
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