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.

n. a television set. You spend too much time watching the idiot box.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ridvan	-	Turkish
Sigur&Eth;Ur	-	Icelandic
Nestani	-	Georgian
Raven	RAY-vən	English
Carran	-	English (Rare)
Aleksandra	ah-lyek-SAHN-drah (Russian), ah-leek-SAHN-drah (Russian), ahl-ek-SAHN-drah (Polish)	Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Estonian