boob tube
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.36 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A type of woman's upper body garment consisting of a taut band of cloth around the breasts and back.
Informal
Example Sentences
- "Pictured on boob-tubes innumerable, babbled on travelling transistors Australia-wide."
- "“Hey, guys. We were just watching some boob tube over here. Out of earshot, if you were wondering.” “Yeah! It's a show where celebrities dive into a pool and get scores. So...” “So, that's what we are doing.”"
- "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."
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.