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View synonyms for idiot box
idiot box
noun
, Slang.
- a television set; television.
idiot box
noun
- slang.a television set
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Word History and Origins
Origin of idiot box1
First recorded in 1955–60
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Idioms and Phrases
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.Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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