idiot card

idiot card

noun Television Slang.

Origin:
1955–60
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Idiot card is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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idiot card definition


  1. n.
    a large card that shows people on television what to say. : The floor director held up an idiot card so I could read out the telephone number.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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