talking head

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

Origin:
1965–70

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talking head
 
n
(on television) a person, such as a newscaster, who is shown only from the shoulders up, and speaks without the use of any illustrative material

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Talking head is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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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talking head definition


  1. n.
    a television news reader or announcer whose head and neck appear on the screen. (See also meat puppet.) : I've had it with talking heads. I can read the paper and learn as much in twenty minutes.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Unless they're a talking head on television, at which point it becomes a
  crapshoot.
The difference between human beings and other creatures, observes one talking
  head, is our basic dissatisfaction.
The video contains the speakers talking head at a reduced image quality but
  with good sound quality.
In a newscast, for instance, the background behind the talking head remains
  virtually unchanged.
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