Meaning of zombie box | Babel Free

Definitions

A television.

derogatory, slang, uncommon

Examples

“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.”

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