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talking head
noun
- Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
- Slang. a person whose talk is empty and pretentious.
talking head
noun
- (on television) a person, such as a newscaster, who is shown only from the shoulders up, and speaks without the use of any illustrative material
Word History and Origins
Origin of talking head1
Example Sentences
The incident with Tony Kornheiser, a Pardon the Interruption talking head, serves to highlight the problem with ESPN.
Hanks appears as a talking head in several episodes of the series.
The video was less about seeing me and all about hearing me: I was a talking head with audio aides around my laptop.
Sure, these are things that his talking-head colleagues have said, in various ways, before.
We live in a world where moderate voices are whispered and talking-head political centrists have gone the way of the dinosaur.
Mr. Stone looked and Mr. Stone spoke like a "talking head" when he came in upon us that awful day.
Probably the most common of all of the illusions which depend upon mirrors is the Talking Head upon a table.
This illusion is a very ingenious improvement on the “Talking Head.”
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