idiot box

English

Etymology

An allusion to the supposed mind-reducing nature of television programming or its lack of educational value.

Noun

idiot box (plural idiot boxes)

1. (idiomatic, chiefly US and Canada) Television.

Translations

television

• Finnish: telkkari (fi), töllö (fi)
• Icelandic: imbakassi (is) m
• Russian: дебилизор (ru) (debilízor) m (contamination of "дебил"(retard) and "телевизор"(TV set)), зомбоящик (ru) (zombojáščik) m (zombiebox), дуроскоп (ru) (duroskóp) m

• Swedish: dumburk (sv) c