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Definition of Idiot box
1. Noun. An electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen. "The British call a tv set a telly"
Terms within: Kinescope, Picture Tube, Television Tube
Generic synonyms: Receiver, Receiving System
Group relationships: Television, Television System
Category relationships: Telecasting, Television, Tv, Video
Definition of Idiot box
1. Noun. (idiomatic chiefly US and Canada) Television. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Idiot Box
Literary usage of Idiot box
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Turkey: Violations of Free Expression in Turkey by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Christopher Panico, Human Rights Watch (1999)
"The individual asked that he remain anonymous. 5'"An 'idiot box' or Instrument
for Indoctrination," Turkish Prate (Ankara), April 12, 1996, p. ..."
2. Sowboy by Richard Connelly Miller (2003)
"... they spent a quiet night watching insipid French TV and wondering what the
Romans would have produced for the idiot box had they had the chance. ..."
3. Changing Perspectives by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"... few can pass on--for the mass mind-controlling mechanisms are IN PLACE and
can be accomplished now, via your idiot box and invisible frequency waves. ..."
4. Sorting the Pieces: Relative Connections by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"As long as you treat that button on your idiot box as if it controls you rather
than your controlling it-- there is little hope of controlling the BIG ..."
5. Picturecology: A Picture Book for "Living Lightly on the Earth" by High Moon (1998)
"Let's look at some of the wasteful uses of energy to rethink our lifestyles.
0\ idiot box i •'•:«£?£*•'• How to live without moving Note: The meaning of ..."
6. A Catalogue of the Topographical and Antiquarian Portions of the Free by Walter Rye, Norwich (England). Public Libraries (1908)
"... N 8 Associations and Societies (various) boxes 40, 43 on О 7 Asylums, Norwich
City, box 2 on О 6 Asylums, Idiot, box 51 on P 7 Athletics, see Sports, ..."
7. Electronic Services: Licensing, Permitting, and the State Lottery Network in by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"7. , "From idiot box to Information Appliance," The Economist, Feb. 12, 1994, pp.
5- , "In Touch, Online, with Government Services; Breathtaking Art Videos ..."
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