"talk jockey" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-talk jockey.ogg [Australia] Forms: talk jockeys [plural]
Etymology: Invented in the 1970s. Head templates: {{en-noun}} talk jockey (plural talk jockeys)
  1. (idiomatic) A host of a radio talk show. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: talk jock Related terms: shock jock
    Sense id: en-talk_jockey-en-noun-qma-sWgF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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