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Definition of idiot box
idiot box 
noun
- a television.
Citation from "I Never Met the Dead Man", Family Guy (TV), Season 1 Episode 2 (1999) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: TV, television.
Last edited on Oct 28 2011. Submitted by Acacia E. from sao paulo, Brazil on Sep 28 2005.
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