disc jockey
–noun | 1. | a person who conducts a radio broadcast consisting of recorded music, informal talk, commercial announcements, etc. |
| 2. | a person who selects, plays, and announces records at a discotheque. |
Origin: 1940–45, Americanism
Slang Dictionary
disk jockey
and deejay; disc jockey; DJ
- 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.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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