Tubetube
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Jump to navigationJump to search"The Tube", "The Boob Tube" - In American and Canadian slang, boob tube is a term used for a television set. The term usually carries a negative or humorous connotation, as it comes from the words boob (a foolish person) and tube (from the television's cathode ray tube)
[Marconi 707, 7-inch, 1938: Joyce himself could have watched TV in a pub on set like this.]