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Definition 2024

idiot box ‎(plural idiot boxes)

(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.

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

television (pejorative)

Finnish: telkkari (fi), töllö (fi)
Greek: χαζοκούτι (el) n ‎(chazokoúti)
Icelandic: imbakassi m
Russian: дебили́зор (ru) m ‎(debilízor) (contamination of "деби́л"(retard) and "телеви́зор" (TV set)), зомбоя́щик (ru) m ‎(zombojáščik) (zombiebox), дуроско́п m ‎(duroskóp), зомбови́зор m ‎(zombovízor)