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Definition: Idiot Box |
Idiot BoxNoun1. A receiver that displays television images; "the British call a tv set a telly". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Idiot BoxSynonyms: boob tube (n), goggle box (n), television (n), television receiver (n), television set (n), telly (n), tv (n), tv set (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Feed the idiot box. Feed the idiot box. (Bamboozled; writing credit: Spike Lee) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Idiot Box (1996) The Idiot Box (1991) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Theater & Movies | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
idiot box | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "idiot box"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | idiotay oxbay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-i-i-o-o-t-x" | |
-2 letters: toxoid. | |
-3 letters: dixit, idiot, ootid. | |
-4 letters: boot, doit, obit, oxid. | |
-5 letters: bid, bio, bit, bod, boo, bot, box, dib, dit, dot, obi, oot, oxo, tod, too. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 64 69 6F 74 42 6F 78 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01100100 01101001 01101111 01110100 00100000 01000010 01101111 01111000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I d i o t   B o x |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0064 0069 006F 0074 0042 006F 0078 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43707581862368190 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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