Definition of shock jock

shock jock    

noun

• a disc jockey who uses shocking language, statements, etc. to attract press and, subsequently, listeners.

  Local shock jock fined for profanity by the FCC.

  • See more words with the same meaning: professions (list of).
  • See more words with the same meaning: radio, stereo.

  Last edited on Jan 19 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 28 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'professions (list of)':
whorehouse	Definitions include: a brothel.
feds, the	Definitions include: See fed.
pro	Definitions include: a professional.
babylon	Definitions include: a breast.
stroll	Definitions include: an area, such as a particular street, where prostitutes solicit customers.
dummy man	Definitions include: a person who sells fake drugs.
track	Definitions include: a place where prostitutes gather to find clients.
law dog	Definitions include: a member of the police force.
rollers	Definitions include: the police.
one time	Definitions include: the police.
cellar saver	Definitions include: a firefighter.
dope peddler	Definitions include: drug dealer.
cathouse	Definitions include: a brothel; "whorehouse".
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
hoe	Definitions include: a general insult, usually applied to females.
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Other terms relating to 'radio, stereo':
dead air	Definitions include: silence on the radio.
driveway story	Definitions include: a radio story that's so interesting that, when arriving home in one's car, one remains in the driveway listening to the radio until the story is over.
system	Definitions include: a computer system.

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Other terms relating to 'jock':
jock	Definitions include: to be extremely attracted to someone; "have a crush on".
jock itch	Definitions include: a fungal infection of the groin region (Tinea cruris).
jock on (one's) junk	Definitions include: To hit on.
on (one's) jock	Definitions include: to be extremely attracted to someone; "have a crush on".
Rocks for Jocks	Definitions include: an introductory geology course at a college.
Other terms relating to 'shock':
raw shock	Definitions include: "Rorschach" as in "Rorschach inkblot test".
shock	Definitions include: to go somewhere, usually by walking.
shock hoe	Definitions include: One who use weapons without skill.
sticker shock	Definitions include: shock experienced upon seeing the selling price of an item.

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