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Deejay

[dee-jey]

dee·jay

[dee-jey]
noun Informal.

Origin:
1940–45; pronunciation of initials D.J.
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Deejay is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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deejay (ˈdiːˌdʒeɪ)
 
n
an informal name for disc jockey
 
[C20: from the initials DJ]

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disk jockey definition


and deejay; disc jockey; DJ
  1. n.
    a radio announcer who introduces music from phonograph records. (The abbreviations are initialisms. Compare this with desk jockey. See also veejay.) : The disk jockey couldn't pronounce the name of the singing group.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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