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idiot boxes

noun

plural of idiot box

as in TVs

an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound she declared that she wouldn't have an idiot box in her home

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televisions

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Though its presence on landscape televisions seems counterintuitive, Shorts has been a runaway hit in the living room, with viewers watching more than 2 billion hours of its programming on TVs each month.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
Cancer patients are selling their televisions and refrigerators to buy overpriced medication.

— Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

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