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Jumbotron

American  
[juhm-boh-trahn] / ˈdʒʌm boʊˌtrɑn /

noun

  1. Trademark. a brand name for a large electronic display, often used at sporting events, concerts, or other large gatherings.


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He steered the ceremony with a light touch, making cracks about the vast number of awards—“they’ve even got a category for best voicemail from your grandmother”—and the importance of live shows: “Without concerts, how would we find out which CEOs are having affairs on the jumbotron?”

From The Wall Street Journal

Confrontational and surprising, its the comic equivalent of not just airing a marriage’s dirty laundry in public, but broadcasting it on a Jumbotron.

From Los Angeles Times

Before the Red Raiders took on Kansas, he stood on Cody Campbell Field while an ad—paid for by Cody Campbell—aired on the jumbotron.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’m sure most of you or some of you saw the video of the poor kid that made it on the Jumbotron.

From The Wall Street Journal

There is “a huge 360 stage with a jumbotron, giving everyone a chance to see Billie wherever they are in the arena, which is great as she literally runs and jumps up and down,” McCaulsky says.

From The Wall Street Journal