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disc jockey

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English

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A disc jockey.

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Etymology

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Disc refers to the flat, circular shape of the traditional medium for recorded music. Jockey refers to a diminutive of jock, the Northern English or Scots colloquial equivalent of the first name John, which is also used generically for “boy, or fellow” (compare Jack, Dick), at least since 1529. So, disc jockey / DJ etymologically refers to a young person playing (discs holding) music.

Coined by journalist Walter Winchell in 1935 to describe Martin Block. Appeared in print in Variety in 1941.[1]

Previously also called record man.[2]

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Noun

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disc jockey (plural disc jockeys)

  1. (dated, radio) A person who conducts a radio program of recorded music combined with talk, news, commercials, weather, etc.
    • 2014, Dominic Massa, New Orleans Radio, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 107:
      The show he produced first aired on WJMR, a white-owned New Orleans radio station. The show's disc jockey used the name “Poppa Stoppa” and played what would then be called “race music,” the term given to any music produced by African American artists.
  2. A person who plays, and sometimes mixes, recorded music at nightclubs, dances, parties, or some other social event; and/or as a backup musician for spoken word, or hip hop performers.
    Synonyms: deejay, DJ, jock, (dated) discaire, selector

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References

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  1. ^ Marc Fisher (2007) Something in the Air, Random House, →ISBN, page 13
  2. ^ Philip Hamburger (1946 August 17) “Comment”, in The New Yorker[1], page 14

Further reading

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Finnish

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Etymology

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< English disc jockey

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdisk ˈjokːei̯/, [ˈdis̠k ˈjo̞kːe̞i̯]
  • IPA(key): /ˈdisk ˈjoki/, [ˈdis̠k ˈjo̞k̟i]
  • IPA(key): /ˈdisk ˈdʒoki/, [ˈdis̠k ˈdʒo̞k̟i]

Noun

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disc jockey

  1. disc jockey (person who plays recorded music at a nightclub, bar, party etc.)

Declension

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Inflection of disc jockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative disc jockey disc jockeyt
genitive disc jockeyn disc jockeyiden
disc jockeyitten
partitive disc jockeyta disc jockeyita
illative disc jockeyhyn disc jockeyihin
singular plural
nominative disc jockey disc jockeyt
accusative nom. disc jockey disc jockeyt
gen. disc jockeyn
genitive disc jockeyn disc jockeyiden
disc jockeyitten
partitive disc jockeyta disc jockeyita
inessive disc jockeyssa disc jockeyissa
elative disc jockeysta disc jockeyista
illative disc jockeyhyn disc jockeyihin
adessive disc jockeylla disc jockeyilla
ablative disc jockeylta disc jockeyilta
allative disc jockeylle disc jockeyille
essive disc jockeyna disc jockeyina
translative disc jockeyksi disc jockeyiksi
abessive disc jockeytta disc jockeyitta
instructive disc jockeyin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of disc jockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
Inflection of disc jockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative disc jockey disc jockeyt
genitive disc jockeyn disc jockeyiden
disc jockeyitten
partitive disc jockeytä disc jockeyitä
illative disc jockeyhyn disc jockeyihin
singular plural
nominative disc jockey disc jockeyt
accusative nom. disc jockey disc jockeyt
gen. disc jockeyn
genitive disc jockeyn disc jockeyiden
disc jockeyitten
partitive disc jockeytä disc jockeyitä
inessive disc jockeyssä disc jockeyissä
elative disc jockeystä disc jockeyistä
illative disc jockeyhyn disc jockeyihin
adessive disc jockeyllä disc jockeyillä
ablative disc jockeyltä disc jockeyiltä
allative disc jockeylle disc jockeyille
essive disc jockeynä disc jockeyinä
translative disc jockeyksi disc jockeyiksi
abessive disc jockeyttä disc jockeyittä
instructive disc jockeyin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of disc jockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
Inflection of disc jockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative disc jockey disc jockeyt
genitive disc jockeyn disc jockeyiden
disc jockeyitten
partitive disc jockeyta disc jockeyita
illative disc jockeyhin disc jockeyihin
singular plural
nominative disc jockey disc jockeyt
accusative nom. disc jockey disc jockeyt
gen. disc jockeyn
genitive disc jockeyn disc jockeyiden
disc jockeyitten
partitive disc jockeyta disc jockeyita
inessive disc jockeyssa disc jockeyissa
elative disc jockeysta disc jockeyista
illative disc jockeyhin disc jockeyihin
adessive disc jockeylla disc jockeyilla
ablative disc jockeylta disc jockeyilta
allative disc jockeylle disc jockeyille
essive disc jockeyna disc jockeyina
translative disc jockeyksi disc jockeyiksi
abessive disc jockeytta disc jockeyitta
instructive disc jockeyin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of disc jockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
Inflection of disc jockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative disc jockey disc jockeyt
genitive disc jockeyn disc jockeyiden
disc jockeyitten
partitive disc jockeytä disc jockeyitä
illative disc jockeyhin disc jockeyihin
singular plural
nominative disc jockey disc jockeyt
accusative nom. disc jockey disc jockeyt
gen. disc jockeyn
genitive disc jockeyn disc jockeyiden
disc jockeyitten
partitive disc jockeytä disc jockeyitä
inessive disc jockeyssä disc jockeyissä
elative disc jockeystä disc jockeyistä
illative disc jockeyhin disc jockeyihin
adessive disc jockeyllä disc jockeyillä
ablative disc jockeyltä disc jockeyiltä
allative disc jockeylle disc jockeyille
essive disc jockeynä disc jockeyinä
translative disc jockeyksi disc jockeyiksi
abessive disc jockeyttä disc jockeyittä
instructive disc jockeyin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of disc jockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English disc jockey.

Noun

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disc jockey m or f by sense (plural disc jockeys)

  1. disc jockey
    Synonym: disco-jóquei