Other forms: deejays; deejaying; deejayed
If you love deciding which song to play next at a party, you should be a deejay, a person whose job is to choose the music for a radio station, a party, or a club.
Deejay or DJ is shorthand for disc jockey, originally spelled disk jockey in the 1940s. Today's deejays don't play shellac discs like the first ones did, but many of them do use vinyl records. Club deejays incorporate audio equipment to seamlessly merge one track into another, and radio deejays may play songs recorded digitally or on records, CDs, and cassette tapes. It's also a verb, so you can offer to deejay your friend's birthday party.