as in TV
an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound
tonight I just want to unwind in front of the boob tube
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Recent Examples of boob tube
Up-market producer David Susskind railed for four hours about the awfulness of the boob tube.
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Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
The boob tube, and the mass dumbification its name implies, is on its way back, if not already here.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
It was still seen as the boob tube.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Yep, The Munsters and The Addams Family are returning to the boob tube at the same time courtesy of Netflix.
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 18 July 2022
Spotted on the likes of Beyoncé, Kendall Jenner, and Bella Hadid, the boob tube is having a 2021 renaissance.
—Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 18 Aug. 2021
But my favorite way to spend a day off is to just veg out and watch the boob tube.
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 June 2021
Later that summer, Lawrence Bommer wrote a slightly longer and more descriptive review of their act:
When not spoofing channel surfing (a too frequent target), the Two White Guys' skits are decidedly better than the boob tube.
—Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader, 8 Mar. 2018
But from the boob tube to the big screen to the glossies to the Big Leagues, the fault lies not with Mother Nature or the entertainment industry’s consumers — but with the fatally self-absorbed, politically toxified stars themselves.
—Michelle Malkin, National Review, 20 Sep. 2017
Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
The boob tube, and the mass dumbification its name implies, is on its way back, if not already here.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
It was still seen as the boob tube.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Yep, The Munsters and The Addams Family are returning to the boob tube at the same time courtesy of Netflix.
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 18 July 2022
Spotted on the likes of Beyoncé, Kendall Jenner, and Bella Hadid, the boob tube is having a 2021 renaissance.
—Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 18 Aug. 2021
But my favorite way to spend a day off is to just veg out and watch the boob tube.
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 June 2021
Later that summer, Lawrence Bommer wrote a slightly longer and more descriptive review of their act:
When not spoofing channel surfing (a too frequent target), the Two White Guys' skits are decidedly better than the boob tube.
—Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader, 8 Mar. 2018
But from the boob tube to the big screen to the glossies to the Big Leagues, the fault lies not with Mother Nature or the entertainment industry’s consumers — but with the fatally self-absorbed, politically toxified stars themselves.
—Michelle Malkin, National Review, 20 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boob tube
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Any disadvantage there may be in waiting a week or 10 days to get started on the portal is offset, probably outweighed, by the attention and excitement being built for BC basketball by their incoming coach’s presence on national TV, associated with a Final Four team.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2026
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This 43-inch Samsung Q8F Smart TV feels like finally putting on prescription glasses for the first time.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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Garfield’s comments come in the same week that HBO released a trailer and other materials for the new Harry Potter television series.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2026
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All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, or its parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Boob tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boob%20tube. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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