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Whre do we get the name 'Disc Jockey' from...?

I've never seen little people racing around on vinyl records, whipping them to go faster...

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1. ooo i dunno , maybe cos there riding the airways ....
2. I don't know lol
3. In 1935, American commentator Walter Winchell coined the term "disc jockey" (the combination of "disc" (referring to the disc records) and "jockey" (which is an operator of a machine) as a description of radio announcer Martin Block, the first announcer to become a star.
4. I have no clue kev lol! little people lol random much?
5. the first one was a space cowboy, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNVxTDJ6jpo
6. lol silly the dictionary!
7. i have no idea Kevvie wevvie..
8. Originates from the word Dee Jay.
9. i'd be surprised if I saw you do anything fast... well other than that one thing that you do quicker than the speed of light!!! *cries for amy*
10. excellent question though. I guess it is because of their expertise in promoting the flip, flip motion with their magic hands, lol. :P
11. I'm not sure. Probably the same place as desk jockey, wherever that came from.
12. Electron microscope... nuff said