TV dinner

English

Etymology

Originally used for a brand of packaged meal (TV Brand Frozen Dinner) developed in 1953 for Swanson & Sons.

Noun

TV dinner (plural TV dinners)

  1. A prepackaged meal purchased frozen and heated at home.
    Synonyms: frozen dinner, microwave meal, ready meal
    • 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times‎:
      Like foil-tray frozen meals, which were used by airlines before Swanson branded them as “TV dinners,” Twitter was not initially invented to be an adjunct to the tube.
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