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idiot_box

idiot box

English

Noun

idiot box (plural idiot boxes)

  1. (idiomatic, chiefly US and Canada) Television.
    • 2003 March 31, Bill Litchfield, “Basketball Fans”, in rec.gardens, Usenet:
      During the long, dreary, wet winter I amused myself by watching college and Pro basketball on the idiot box.

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The same term could also have an application towards computer screens and tablets.

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