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plural vidiots
- derogatoryinformalA passive, undiscriminating consumer of video media.
We're raising a generation of vidiots, and it's going to be a problem when they get older.
2009, Lori Sullivan, Overcoming Autism: A Parent's Guide, page 1153 more examples
You are a vidiot if you watch music videos for any period of time without stopping to think about what they are saying.
1989, Mike Yaconelli, Scott Koenigsaecker, Get 'em talking: 104 great discussion starters for youth groups, page 118Cynics might say that any show based on television--like, say, The Real Live Brady Bunch--is bound to be popular among the nostalgic vidiot generation.
1994 March 4, Jack Helbig, “Schoolhouse Rock Live!”, in Chicago ReaderFeaturing witty wordplay--Therriault could be David Mamet and John Patrick Shanley's long-lost love child raised in the wild by William Burroughs-- and a story and characters simple enough to be understood by your average vidiot play reader, Battery is just challenging enough to appeal to a young actor's ego but not so challenging as to scare her off.
1995 July 28, Jack Helbig, “Battery”, in Chicago Reader
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