Noddy (TV interview technique)
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Etymology
probably a shortening of noddypoll, a now obsolete alteration of hoddypoll 'fumbling inept person'
Noun
- A stupid or silly person.
- Any of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the genera Anous and Procelsterna, found in tropical seas.
- A cutaway scene of a television interviewer nodding, that is used to cover an editing gap in an interview. Such scenes are often filmed after the interview in question has finished.