shock jock
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of shock jock
1985–90,
Example Sentences
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His TV persona, he has said, is part shock jock; he doesn’t really care if you love him or hate him as long as you don’t change the channel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
The second, “The Chris Chatman Do-Over,” which stars the comedian Ike Barinholtz as a hot-take-spouting Joe Rogan-esque shock jock, wrapped up last month.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2024
The talk show host, who turns 60 in July, began her career in radio as a DJ and shock jock in New York.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2024
Most in the mainstream press know Crowder as a "shock jock," leading them to miss how he has also always explicitly been a Christian conservative broadcaster, as well.
From Salon ● May 15, 2023
She was a frequent guest on late-night talk shows and game shows and with radio shock jock Howard Stern.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
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