idiot board

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A board held off camera during a live television broadcast to prompt the presenter.

Word forms

idiot board idiot boards

Etymology

Implying that reading from a board, rather than thinking up things to say, does not require much intelligence.

Related words

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