Television Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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get n. All the networks compete fiercely for exclusive first interviews—“gets,“ in network parlance—but like most mainstream American journalists, all are adamant that they won’t pay for access. [Media Television] [full cite] (May. 28, 2004)

goldfish n. So how can you see both the interviewer asking his/her questions and the interviewee? The solution is a device called the reverse, the cutaway or the “noddy.“ After the interview is over the camera and lights are shifted to another position, the interviewer asks the questions all over again and these re-shot questions are reinserted during editing. For reaction shots the interviewer simply looks where the interviewee was, or still is, and tries to appear as if he were talking to the person he’s just interviewed. For extra effect he can also do the “goldfish,“ which is where he opens his mouth as if appearing to begin to ask a question and the editor cuts on that instant back to the interviewee. [English Media Television Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 24, 2007)

hero house n. Schroeder narrowed his search to the cul-de-sac on Green Mill Avenue, which offered a large “elbow curb,“ as the industry calls it, allowing for wide-angle shots of the three “hero houses,“ the term for residences that appear regularly on a production. [English Entertainment Movies Television Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 11, 2007)

hi mom n. Just before Thanksgiving, 2004, a Fox News producer with whom I’d worked a number of times in Kabul and Bagram showed up on Bagram Air Field to shoot what military PA people call “Hi Moms”—the little snippets of video of service members saying “I’m Corporal Bill Jones from Paducah, Kentucky and I want to say “Happy Thanksgiving’ to my wife, Sheila and my parents Don and Lorraine in Louisville.“ [English Military Television] [full cite] (Apr. 1, 2007)

Hitler Channel n. How come Arts & Entertainment (aka the Hitler Channel) doesn’t show it every other day? [English Entertainment Media Television Slang] [full cite] (Dec. 11, 2005)

Ho!Yay! n. Either that, or she’d simply start having sex with Neela. (Hey, the Ho!Yay! was already out there on the table…I can hardly be blamed for taking a bite out of it.) [English Sex & Sexuality Television] [full cite] (Feb. 2, 2005)

hostility room n. It was an honour to be a starter when a big celebrity was the main course. I would tremble a bit in the hostility room (as it’s known in the business), but once I was in the other armchair, I would throw in a joke, a couple of stories about my mother and retire to watch the star sweep in. [English United Kingdom Entertainment Television] [full cite] (Sep. 4, 2006)

hyphenate n. Writers are free to negotiate for higher pay, and people who produce or co-produce—called “hyphenates” in industry parlance—earn more. [English Entertainment Movies Television Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 1, 2007)

ice v. Pittsburgh kicker Jeff Reed couldn’t have been happier when Jacksonville coach Jack Del Rio called a timeout as Reed lined up a 37-yard field-goal attempt with 23 seconds left in their game last Sunday night. Del Rio was trying, in broadcast parlance, to “ice” Reed. What he did was give him a chance to catch his breath. [English United States Media Sports & Recreation Television] [full cite] (Dec. 13, 2004)

kudocast n. Comedian Carlos Mencia has been tapped to host this year’s Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Sept. 8. Produced by John Moffitt, Lee Miller and Spike Jones, Jr., the kudocast will air on E! on Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. [English Entertainment Television New or Nonce] [full cite] (Sep. 19, 2007)

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