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Idiot box

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Television. Canada, US, idiomatic

    "During the long, dreary, wet winter I amused myself by watching college and Pro basketball on the idiot box."

  2. 2
    an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen wordnet

Etymology

From idiot + box, an allusion to the supposed mind-reducing nature of television programming or its lack of educational value.

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