idiot box
Example Sentences
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And there I was at home on our hand-me-down couch with a tiny Sally nestled in the crook of one arm while I stared at the palm-sized idiot box cradled in my other hand.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2022
TV and TV criticism are still trying to overcome the once-reflexive snobbery toward the idiot box.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2017
Network television needs pilot season because without it the necessary content that fuels the idiot box we all love would never get made.
From Forbes ● Aug. 10, 2015
First, though the moon landing showed just how unifying television can be, Peggy paints the good ol’ idiot box as something of a threat to family bonding at the dinner table.
From Time ● May 26, 2014
The easy way out is not the right way, especially when I still have my buddies over there in the sandbox—defending the rights of the heroes of the idiot box and our modern-day coliseums.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2013
