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boob tube

–noun Informal.
1. television.
2. a television set.

Origin:
1965–70; rhyming coinage, from the notion that television programming is foolish, induces foolishness, or is watched by foolish people
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boob tube  
n.   Slang
Television: "Parents complain about the quality of the shows but don't prevent their children from gluing themselves to the boob tube" (David Owen).

[boob1 + tube, television set.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
boob-tube [ˈbubˈtub]

  1. n.
    a television set. (Something for a boobto watch.) : You spend too much time in front of the boob-tube.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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