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[US] Sponsor XIII:2 12: They could tomahawk a high-rated serial and replace it with some cornball d.j.
at DJ, n.
[US] Sponsor 13:2 43: All you get today is ‘glitch’ wherever splicing occurs. ‘Glitch’ is slang for the ‘momentary jiggle’ that occurs at the editing point if the sync pulses don't match exactly in the splice. (‘Glitch’ probably comes from a German or Yiddish word).
at glitch, n.
[US] Sponsor XIII:2 12/2: They started talking tough [...] about ‘cliffhangers, washboard weepers and soap operas’ .
at washboard weeper, n.
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