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idiot box

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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