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talking head

–noun
1. Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, esp. as a participant in a talk show.
2. Slang. a person whose talk is empty and pretentious.

Origin:
1965–70
talking head  
n.   Slang
  1. The image of a person, as on a television documentary or news show, who talks at length directly to the camera and usually appears on the screen with only the head and upper part of the body visible.
  2. The person thus televised.
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