(n.) 1) A coloquialism used to indicate a television which is always on, but not watched.
2) A derrogatory term for television used to indicate one's belief that a television's only benefit is as a lamp that talks.
2) A derrogatory term for television used to indicate one's belief that a television's only benefit is as a lamp that talks.
1)I'm gonna turn off the talking lamp, nobody's in here.
2)Sorry, we don't have a talking lamp, but we do have these wonderful *reading* lamps.
2)Sorry, we don't have a talking lamp, but we do have these wonderful *reading* lamps.
by Izhmo Goetz March 17, 2004