Meaning

3 senses
  1. (colloquial)Television, especially seen as an addiction.

  2. (colloquial)A television set or screen.

    Children and Television; The One Eyed Monster? - Barrie Gunter, Jill McAleer; 1990

  3. (slang, vulgar)The penis.

Origin

Senses 1 and 2 refer to television having a single screen (the "eye"), and it being percei

Senses 1 and 2 refer to television having a single screen (the "eye"), and it being perceived to be harmful to children.

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Forms

plural: one-eyed monsters

Synonyms

2 synonyms
one-eyed demonone-eyed devil

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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