Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zombie box

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: zom-bie box
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"More contemporary Russian fears are centered on the ability of mass media to essentially colonize human consciousness, turning the individual into a function of the "zombie-box" (or TV), as is the case in Viktor Pelevin's Generation П."

Etymology

A possible calque of Russian зомбоящик (zombojaščik).

Usage

Inflected Forms

zombie boxes (plural)

Questions

What does zombie box mean?: A television.
Where does zombie box come from?: A possible calque of Russian зомбоящик (zombojaščik).

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