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

Television, programming, broadcasting, etc. You can also see entries assigned to this category.

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respeaker n. In live closed-captioned broadcasts, staffers called respeakers translate the original audio content into speech-recognition software that creates the closed captions. [English Media Technology Television] [full cite] (Aug. 13, 2004)

respeaker n. A Day in the Life of a Respeaker. [English Media Television] [full cite] (Aug. 13, 2004)

roadblock n. The Minnesota Music Man and his newest label affiliation, Columbia Records, has hooked up with five Viacom music properties that will conduct what’s known in broadcast parlance as a roadblock. MTV, MTV2, BET, VH1 and VH1 Classic will simultaneously broadcast a 30-minute Prince concert special on Wednesday at 9 p.m. E/P. [English Media Television Jargon] [full cite] (Apr. 28, 2004)

roadblock n. The great advantage Reagan enjoys is the three-network whammy, what Matthews calls a “roadblock.” When Reagan speaks on all three networks at once, he is making it very difficult for viewers to avoid him, but the Democrats rarely enjoy this advantage when they finally get air time to make their responses. [English Media Television Jargon] [full cite] (May. 11, 2004)

shore power n. Shore powe[r]: A regular, wall-mounted electrical outlet. The ESPN crew hires a generator for primary power. [English United States Entertainment Media Sports & Recreation Television] [full cite] (May. 30, 2004)

shoulder peak n. Shoulder peak/early peak—returning from the day out and preparing to go out for the evening. This segment also covers the popular soaps. [English Media Television Jargon] [full cite] (Jul. 28, 2004)

shoulder peak n. With better forward-planning and more experimentation, those early successes can perhaps be consolidated with a wider range of programmes into “shoulder peak” as 11 o’clock is now fashionably known. [English Media Television Jargon] [full cite] (Jul. 28, 2004)

show-runner n. In TV parlance, the “show-runner” is the one person (sometimes more than one, but generally one) who is in charge of the creative vision of a show on a day to day basis. [ Language English Register Jargon Subject Television] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2005)

sidequel n. Sidequel (Side Story)—A sidequel is a neologism describing a work of fiction in literature, film, and other creative works that is produced after a completed work, set in the same “universe,” with arbitrary chronology and unrelated plots. The word is a portmanteau formed from side-, as in side by side, and sequel, a work which takes place after a previous one. The term may well be synonymous with Spin-off. [English Entertainment Movies Television] [full cite] (Dec. 4, 2006)

snack TV n. The content of YouTube (and Guba, Veoh and an army of imitators) includes home movies and viral (emailed) videos, amateur comedy and drama, short films, music videos and a mountain of copyright-breaching clips from well-known films and TV shows. It is a buffet of what is known as “snack TV”: light, bright and digestible. [English Media Online Television] [full cite] (Aug. 3, 2006)

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