Antedating of "D.J."

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Mon Sep 3 14:12:44 UTC 2012


D.J. (OED 1961)

1949 _Chicago Daily Tribune_ 19 June W8 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  On the typical disk jockey show where pop tunes are played it is usually the personality of the d. j. that makes the show.

Fred Shapiro

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