Paper Audience Edit Meaning

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N. A body of people who happen to be in the presence of someone who loves to hear him/herself talk, regardless of who is present. Such speakers often ask for advice without actually listening to the advice given and instead ends up taking their own advice.

"Man, that professor loves the sound of his own voice! We were basically just a paper audience for him to rant at."

See paper tiger, loud mouth, pompous, jerk