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idiot box

noun Slang.

a television set; television.

Origin:
1955–60

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World English Dictionary

idiot box

—n
	slang a television set

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idiot box definition

n.
a television set. : You spend too much time watching the idiot box.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

idiot box

A 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.

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