goggle-boxes
Screens at home
Goggle-boxes is the plural of goggle-box, British slang for a television set.
The term is mildly humorous and old-fashioned, evoking the goggle-eyed stare of someone transfixed by the screen: The kids spent all evening glued to the goggle-box.
British TV slang
- TVScreen for broadcast shows
- screenDisplay or barrier
- tubeHollow cylindrical passage
- setArrange in position
broadcast · channels · viewing · programmes · couch potato · remote control · aerial · reception
British TV slang
- idiot boxDismissive term for television
- boxLidded storage container
- boob tubeSlang for television
- the tubeLondon's metro system
colloquial · informal · working-class · household · British English · vernacular · slang · everyday
Quality from past eras
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- analogueSomething functionally similar
- 1950sDecade after WWII
- 1960sDecade after the fifties
1970s · wood veneer · cabinet · bulky · furniture · valve · black-and-white · monochrome
telly
British TV slang
set · broadcast · channels · viewing · programmes · couch potato · remote control · aerial · reception · cathode ray
telly
British TV slang
the tube · colloquial · informal · working-class · household · British English · vernacular · slang · everyday · domestic
vintage
Quality from past eras
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- analogueSomething functionally similar
- 1950sDecade after WWII
1960s · 1970s · wood veneer · cabinet · bulky · furniture · valve · black-and-white · monochrome · test card
goggle-boxesradios
Wireless audio devices
transistor radios · gramophones · record players · phonographs · stereos
goggle-boxesbooks
Bound written works
musical instruments · sports equipment · board games · hobby kits · art supplies