goggle box
British living room fixture
Goggle box is British slang for a television set.
The term is mildly dismissive, suggesting passive staring at a screen: We spent the evening in front of the goggle box.
It sounds dated now, belonging to an era when households had one bulky TV that dominated the living room.
- tubeHollow cylindrical passage
- tellyBritish TV slang
- idiot boxDismissive term for television
- channelPassage for transmission
- boob tubeSlang for television
remote · late night · TV · screen · flat screen · television · rabbit ears · cable TV · streaming service · news · sitcom · kinescope · couch potato · family time · staying in · CRT · soap operas · set
goggle boxradio
Electromagnetic wave receiver
wireless · transistor radio · gramophone · record player · phonograph
goggle boxfresh air
Unenclosed outdoor atmosphere
outdoor pursuits · real life · nature · exercise · books
goggle boxbook
Bound written work
outdoors · real life · physical activity · sports equipment · musical instrument