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boob tube

noun

Etymology

* (television): An allusion to the idiocy of television programming and the supposed audience for such (boobs) and that the televisions of that era used cathode ray tube (CRT) vacuum tube displays. First use appears c. 1959, in the The Herald Journal. * (clothing): Due to the clothing being a tube-like garment that covers the breasts (boobs) of a woman. First use appears c. 1977, in the Daily Mail.

Definitions

  1. A television.

    • Pictured on boob-tubes innumerable, babbled on travelling transistors Australia-wide.

  2. A type of woman's upper body garment consisting of a taut band of cloth around the…

    A type of woman's upper body garment consisting of a taut band of cloth around the breasts and back.

    • A midget prostitute in heels and a boob tube was walking on the bar.
    • At the same time, Tara puts her arms into her boob tube.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for boob tube. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA