boob tube

Meaning

1. (dated, derogatory, informal) A television.
2. (informal) A type of woman's upper body garment consisting of a taut band of cloth around the breasts and back.

Synonyms

telly

television

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idiot box

television set

tv

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television receiver

tv set

goggle box

TV set

the tube

tube top

box

📦

telly

can

cask

drum

🥁

jerky

televisions

tube

T.V.

сленг

teevee

Translations

télé

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téloche

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télévision

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Glotze

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televisor

téléviseur

Fernseher

televisión

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Fernsehapparat

Kiste

Etymology

* (television): An allusion to the idiocy of television programming and the supposed audience for such (boobs) and that the televisions of that era used cathode ray tube (CRT) vacuum tube displays. First use appears c. 1959, in the The Herald Journal.
* (clothing): Due to the clothing being a tube-like garment that covers the breasts (boobs) of a woman. First use appears c. 1977, in the Daily Mail.