Monday Word: Chyron
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1word1daychyron [kahy-ron]
noun
a text-based graphic overlay displayed at the bottom of a television screen or film frame, as closed captioning or the crawl of a newscast.
examples
1. How quickly or sl(owly can the chyrons listing adverse reactions scurry across your screen? "With TV Drug Ads, What You See Is Not Necessarily What You Get" KFFHealthNews. 09 Sept 2024
2. An update on our friend Nazgul: When the official NBC Olympics account shared Nazgul's story on Instagram, they added a chyron that includes his time during the event, his name, the country he represented (https://www.instagram.com/p/DU6TUJ1gZkp/) Italy, naturally), and his official place: a gold medal at the Good Boy Winter Olympics.
origins
First recorded in 1975–80; after Chyron Corporation, the manufacturer of a broadcast graphics generator
noun
a text-based graphic overlay displayed at the bottom of a television screen or film frame, as closed captioning or the crawl of a newscast.
examples
1. How quickly or sl(owly can the chyrons listing adverse reactions scurry across your screen? "With TV Drug Ads, What You See Is Not Necessarily What You Get" KFFHealthNews. 09 Sept 2024
2. An update on our friend Nazgul: When the official NBC Olympics account shared Nazgul's story on Instagram, they added a chyron that includes his time during the event, his name, the country he represented (https://www.instagram.com/p/DU6TUJ1gZkp/) Italy, naturally), and his official place: a gold medal at the Good Boy Winter Olympics.
origins
First recorded in 1975–80; after Chyron Corporation, the manufacturer of a broadcast graphics generator
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Date: 2026-02-24 03:07 am (UTC)(no subject)
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