Boob tube
(PW) television set
What is on the boob tube tonight?
(MW) television
(Urbandictionary) A slang term for television.
“Parents complain about the quality of the shows but don't prevent their children from gluing themselves to the boob tube” (David Owen)
(thefreedictionary) n Slang
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a close-fitting strapless top, worn by women
2. Austral a strapless, boneless, shapeless brassiere made of a stretch fabric
3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) Chiefly US and Canadian a television receiver
(dictionary) – noun Informal.
1. television.
2. a television set.
Origin:
1965–70; rhyming coinage, from the notion that television programming is foolish, induces foolishness, or is watched by foolish people
