zombie box
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zombie box
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A possible calque of Russian зомбоящик (zombojaščik).
noun zombie boxes
- A television. 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.
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@misc{zombie_box_2026,
title = {zombie box},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zombie%20box},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
