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telly

noun as in boob tube

noun as in idiot box

noun as in small screen

noun as in television

noun as in television set

Strongest matches

noun as in TV set

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Kemp also recounted how someone in a pub recently told him he looked "a lot fatter on telly".

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“It’s crazy going to the Grammys and looking at all the famous people off the telly and just feeling very odd.”

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That compares to three hours and 16 minutes watching the TV - the first time that daily mobile phone viewing has surpassed the telly in the 20 years IPA has been publishing the survey.

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I don't even watch the telly anymore, in case things trigger it.

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"That was my first memory of a big sporting event and I've always loved cycling and the Olympics since. I was watching it on telly on holiday."

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