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gogglebox

British  
/ ˈɡɒɡəlˌbɒks /

noun

  1. slang a television set

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Soderbergh was happy about the US gogglebox premiere, he said, as this way "more people would get to see it".

From The Guardian May 23, 2013

Of course, British TV comedians have been making the leap from small screen to big ever since the gogglebox was invented, with mixed results.

From The Guardian Mar. 17, 2011

Once a year, Hollywood tries to kill off TV by driving all gogglebox viewers past he point where boredom becomes catatonia.

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