Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A television.
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic Television.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
Etymologies
- An allusion to the supposed mind-reducing nature of television programming or its lack of educational value. (Wiktionary)
Examples
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘idiot box’.
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WF - weird sniglets
Phenomena of modern life that would go unnoticed if someone hadn't come up with a weird word for them. For the definitions see in the books of the bibliography listed here: hozone, apocalycloset, marade, Adam 69, alcolean, ancinemation, anniversorry, autoberg, carperimiter, cinemuck, doork, downpause and 253 more...
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the one-two punch
short (mostly two-word) collocations, pat phrases, idioms &c. that I like
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tammanycall's list
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for idiot box.
tammanycall television Apr 7, 2009