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vidiot, n. slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.). derogatory.
Brit. |ˈvɪdɪət|, U.S. |ˈvɪdiət|
Forms: 19– videot, 19– vidiot
[Blend of video n. + idiot n. and adj.]
A habitual, undiscriminating viewer of television or player of video games. Cf. couch potato n. at couch n.1 Additions
1949Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 21 Mar. 4/4 Spade Cooley will televise a western burlesque of the Robert E Sherwood play [sc. Idiot's Delight] with a new title, ‘Vidiot's Delight’. 1951Hopewell (New Jersey) Herald 25 July 7/2 A miniature icebox enabling a videot to get a cold beer without leaving the picture. 1968TV Times (Austral.) 28 Feb. 18/4 The image of the American ‘vidiot’, who will sit and watch anything for hours on end is not borne out by the facts. 1993D. Sheff Game Over ix. 206 The company's arguments did little to stem the growing concern about a generation of ‘vidiots’, hypnotized kids who blindly follow a pied piper in the form of Super Mario. |