Definition of shock jock
: a radio personality noted for provocative or inflammatory commentary
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Prank calls have long been the domain of of radio shock jocks and bored juveniles.
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Some American cognoscenti have since treated Wolfe as somehow suspect: a shock jock with a poet’s command of the language.
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Howard Stern has been known for his often-times offensive irreverence throughout his expansive career and in one such instance Wilson Phillips singer Carnie Wilson felt particularly victimized by the shock jock's style.
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Driscoll was the shock jock of American evangelicalism, never far from a controversy.
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First Known Use of shock jock
1986
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Definition of shock jock for English Language Learners
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: a person who talks on the radio and says things that are offensive to many people : a radio disc jockey who says shocking things
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