Noun: idiot box
| Singular | idiot box |
| Plural | idiot boxes |
Sample Sentences
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During the long, dreary, wet winter I amused myself by watching college and Pro basketball on the idiot box. [2003 March 31, Bill Litchfield, “Basketball Fans”, in rec.gardens (Usenet):]
Nouns inflected like idiot box
penniless-bench,
wintergrass,
kitchen pass,
grey fox,
grey box,
trailer hitch,
paleness,
loaded march,
Tush Push,
horribleness,
slaughteress,
chapparvovirus,
greenwax,
royal flush,
crab cactus,
geostress,
syngas,
wintercress,
ichthys,
ichthus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From idiot + box, an allusion to the supposed mind-reducing nature of television programming or its lack of educational value.
Verbs referencing "idiot box"
Icelandic Nouns
imbakassi.