Disc jockey definition

Disc jockey

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noun

(1) A person who announces and plays popular recorded music

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Etymology

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Coined in 1935 by , as description of . Appeared in print in in 1941.

Previously also called , as in Philip Hamburger, Comment, “Comment,” The New Yorker, August 17, 1946, p. 14.

Noun

A person who plays and mixes music, usually pre-recorded, at nightclubs, over the radio, and/or as a backup musician for spoken word, or hip hop performers. Abbreviated as DJ or deejay.

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