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idiot board

(Broadcasting) a slang name for Autocue

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Just take my advice and don't be too proud to accept the concierge's "idiot card" printed in unintelligible Thai.

Travel: Thai'd & tested; JANE RIDLEY SURVIVES CULTURE SHOCK IN MAD, BAD BANGKOK

He always arrived last minute, and people would hold up big idiot cards for him saying, 'Walk left,' and things like that, but he always pulled it off.

'WE'RE THREE 1960s GIRL ICONS, REALLY' PETULA CLARK; With a career spanning seven decades, the singer, 83, is as iconic as they come. She talks the swinging 60s, being very famous very young, and getting tiddly with other legends..

And every time I tried something new, like timing laughs and using idiot cards, I was accused of cheating.