Joking names and nicknames for television:
| T.V. | 829 |
| IDIOT BOX | 182 |
| BOOB TUBE | 161 |
| TUBE | 42 |
| NR | 40 |
| ONE-EYED MONSTER | 26 |
| TELLY | 17 |
| SQUAWK BOX | 13 |
| BOX | 12 |
| NOISE BOX | 9 |
| IDIOT TUBE | 8 |
| BIG EYE | 6 |
| SCREEN | 5 |
| MONSTER | 4 |
| EYE | 3 |
| PICTURE | 3 |
| PICTURE TUBE | 3 |
| TEL | 3 |
| TIME-KILLER | 3 |
| VOICE BOX | 3 |
| BABY-SITTER | 2 |
| BLACK BOX | 2 |
| BOOB BOX | 2 |
| IDIOT SCREEN | 2 |
| IDIOT’S DELIGHT | 2 |
| MUSIC BOX | 2 |
| PICTURE BOX | 2 |
| THAT BOX | 2 |
| TIME-WASTER | 2 |
| ANTI-SOCIAL GADGET | 1 |
| BIG PICTURE | 1 |
| BOOBY BOX | 1 |
| BOOBY TUBE | 1 |
| BORE | 1 |
| BRAIN-SHRINKER | 1 |
| BRAIN-WASH MACHINE | 1 |
| BUMFUZZLER | 1 |
| CHATTER BOX | 1 |
| CONVERSATION KILLER | 1 |
| CRAZY BOX | 1 |
| DAMN BOX | 1 |
| DAY-KILLER | 1 |
| DUMB BOX | 1 |
| ELECTRIC BABYSITTER | 1 |
| FLICK | 1 |
| FLICKER | 1 |
| FLICKER BOX | 1 |
| FRONT-ROOM PICTURE SHOWS | 1 |
| FUNNY BOX | 1 |
| FUZZ BOX | 1 |
| GOOF BOX | 1 |
| GREAT WHITE EYE | 1 |
| HOME MOVIES | 1 |
| HOME WRECKER | 1 |
| IGNORANT BOX | 1 |
| JUKE BOX | 1 |
| LITTLE BLACK BOX | 1 |
| LOONY BOX | 1 |
| MACHINE | 1 |
| MAGIC SCREEN | 1 |
| MAGNET | 1 |
| MAN’S HOME COMPANION | 1 |
| MIMIC BOX | 1 |
| MONEY TRAP | 1 |
| MONKEY BOX | 1 |
| MORON MAGNET | 1 |
| MOVIE BOX | 1 |
| MOVIES | 1 |
| NITWIT BOX | 1 |
| NOISEMAKER | 1 |
| NUISANCE BOX | 1 |
| NUT BOX | 1 |
| ORB | 1 |
| PICTURE MACHINE | 1 |
| PUNK | 1 |
| PUSH THE BUTTON | 1 |
| SHOCK BOX | 1 |
| SIN BOX | 1 |
| SLEEP MASTER | 1 |
| SLEEPER’S PARADISE | 1 |
| SQUACK BOX | 1 |
| SQUAT BOX | 1 |
| SQUAWKING MACHINE | 1 |
| SQUEAK-BOX | 1 |
| STUPID BOX | 1 |
| T.B. | 1 |
| T.V. TUBE | 1 |
| TALKING PICTURE | 1 |
| TELEVISION | 1 |
| TELEVISION MACHINE | 1 |
| THAT THING | 1 |
| TIME-CONSUMER | 1 |
| TRAP | 1 |
| VAST WASTELAND | 1 |
| VIDEO | 1 |
| VIDIOT | 1 |
| VIEW BOX | 1 |
| VOICE OF THE AIR | 1 |
| WILD WEST SHOWS | 1 |
| WITCH DOCTOR | 1 |
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