idiot box



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.
See also: box, idiot

idiot box

n. a television set. You spend too much time watching the idiot box.
See also: box, idiot

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
PatrÍCiopə-TREE-syooPortuguese
Gwyneira-Welsh
Nolene-English (Rare)
Achaikos-Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek
Ardashir-Persian
Osberht-Anglo-Saxon