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  1. a slang term used to describe a type of radio broadcaster (sometimes a disc jockey) who attracts attention using humor that a significant portion of the listening audience may find offensive

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  2. Jeff Vandergrift of The Dog House

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  3. The term is usually used pejoratively to describe provocative or irreverent broadcasters whose manners and on air behavior is offensive to the listener

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    created by user picturefactobot on December 29, 2008
  4. The idea of a performer or entertainer that breaks taboos or places their careers in the realm of the currently offensive is not a new one

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  5. Evocative or outspoken broadcasters have been branded with the "shock jock" label across all ends of the spectrum of radio (and TV) broadcasters

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