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televidiots

televidiots is the plural of televidiot.

Meaning of televidiot

Noun

televidiot (plural televidiots)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A person who is obsessed with watching television.
    • Into the high-school classrooms troop the future engineers, scientists, lawyers, and intellectuals: but along with them shuffles a lackluster motley crew of hopeless nincompoops and televidiots.1954, The Classical Journal, volumes 49–50, page 344
  2. (derogatory, slang) A television personality.
    • The event is Remote Control, a year-old game show that has quickly become one of MTV's most popular half-hours. Its quizmaster is televidiot Ken Ober. Five feet to his right, ensconced in his keyboard setup and looking collegiate-cool in Blues Brothers shades, is musical director Steve Treccase […]1988, Keyboard, volume 14, numbers 7–12, page 24

Questions about televidiots

What is televidiots the plural of?
Televidiots is the plural of televidiot.

Words near televidiots in the dictionary

  1. televangelizes
  2. televangelizing
  3. televersities
  4. televersity
  5. televidiot
  6. televidiots
  7. teleview
  8. televiewed
  9. televiewer
  10. televiewers
  11. televiewing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: televidiots (page history and authors); televidiot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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