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zombie box

zombie box noun: a television.

Noun

zombie box (plural zombie boxes)

  1. (derogatory, slang, uncommon) A television.
    • taking a form more frequently thought of as anathematical to poetry (Iain Chrichton Smith, for example, lambasted the TV as a deadening zombie box in "At the TV") and seeing in it parallels and possibilities.2002, Galloway Kyle, Harold Monro, Stephen Phillips (editors), Poetry Review, Volume 92, page 60
    • Nichelle was wary as she set purse and a couple of small shopping bags on the table. "Great. Thanks?" He didn't say anything else, just kept watching the zombie box.2014, Chris Marie Green, Another One Bites the Dust, page 202

Forms of zombie box

pluralzombie boxes

Origin of zombie box

A possible calque of Russian зомбоящик (zombojaščik).

Questions about zombie box

What does zombie box mean?
Zombie box means a television.
What part of speech is zombie box?
Zombie box is a noun.
What is the plural of zombie box?
The plural of zombie box is zombie boxes.

Words near zombie box in the dictionary

  1. zombie apocalypses
  2. zombie bank
  3. zombie banker
  4. zombie bankers
  5. zombie banks
  6. zombie box
  7. zombie boxes
  8. zombie business
  9. zombie businesses
  10. zombie car
  11. zombie cars

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