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idiot box
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idiot box
n. Slang
A television.
idiot box
n
(Communication Arts / Broadcasting) Slang a television set
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Noun1.idiot box - an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screenidiot box - an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen; "the British call a tv set a telly"
television receiver, television set, telly, boob tube, goggle box, tv set, tv, television
kinescope, picture tube, television tube - a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen
receiver, receiving system - set that receives radio or tv signals
television system, television - a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
telecasting, television, TV, video - broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs
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Byline: Paddy Shennan FIRST, on behalf of all us mug punters with idiot boxes and armchairs, let me congratulate you on inventing football - and a new day of the week: Grand Slam Sunday.
Sky commentator's bluster is far from Super; Dear Vic Wakeling, MD, ... by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
In some other Geoff news, flickering images of prairie car chases and canyon-clearing heelflips have been spotted on idiot boxes throughout the country, prompting fans to head to the badlands to find their own natural gaps.
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