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idiot box
idiot boxn. Slang A television.idiot box n (Broadcasting) slang a television set id′iot box`
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Slang. a television. [1955–60] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  idiot box - an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen; "the British call a tv set a telly"television receiver, television set, telly, boob tube, goggle box, tv set, tv, televisionkinescope, picture tube, television tube - a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screenreceiver, receiving system - set that receives radio or tv signalstelevision system, television - a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant pointstelecasting, television, TV, video - broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs |
idiot box
the idiot boxslang A television set, or television in general. We need to start encouraging our children to play outside, instead of just spending hours in front of the idiot box. It saddens me that people would rather watch the idiot box than explore the world around them.See also: box, idiotidiot boxA television set, as in There they sit in front of the idiot box, hour after hour. This slangy and pejorative expression dates from about 1960. See also: box, idiotidiot box n. a television set. You spend too much time watching the idiot box. See also: box, idiotidiot boxA television set. The term dates from about 1950 and obviously is a derogatory take on the medium of television. For example, “It’s a shame her kids have no supervision and just sit, hour after hour, in front of the idiot box.” See also: box, idiotAcronymsSeeIBidiot box
Synonyms for idiot boxnoun an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screenSynonyms- television receiver
- television set
- telly
- boob tube
- goggle box
- tv set
- tv
- television
Related Words- kinescope
- picture tube
- television tube
- receiver
- receiving system
- television system
- television
- telecasting
- TV
- video
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