Boob tube is a noun that has two primary meanings, depending on geographic location. In the United States and Canada, the expression is used as slang for a television set, as in watching the :boob tube. The expression was meant to characterize people who were watching TV as boobs, and it was usually conveyed with a derogatory or comedic slant. The use of the term boob tube emerged in the first few years of American television broadcasting when the medium was struggling to find artistic footing. Soap operas and game shows abounded, and there was little of substance for intelligent people to watch on TV.
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Following its appearance this morning, January 12th, on the television program Live! In addition to spurring many people to turn to their dictionaries in search of information on this word, many people have taken to Twitter to voice their opinion on the etymology and history of boob tube. Tweet, blazinred09, AM.
When television became the trendy new vehicle for news and entertainment in the midth century, some people started calling it the tube. That nickname soon spawned an even catchier one: the boob tube. The former phrase likely stemmed from the process by which televisions exhibited images. Inside each bulky, antennae-topped box was a cathode-ray tube, which funneled electrons straight to the glass screen.
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