idiot box

idiot box

noun Slang.
a television set; television.
Origin:
1955–60

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idiot box
 
—n
slang a television set

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idiot box definition


  1. 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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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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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