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jiggle TV en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Synonym of jiggle television.
   • Hence the rise of jiggle TV in the late 1970s. As a reaction to the social consciousness that dominated television in the early-to-mid-1970s, jiggle TV emerged as an escapist alternative, with uncomplicated plots and amped-up sex appeal. 2014, Adrienne Trier-Bieniek, Gender & Pop Culture: A Text-Reader, →ISBN, page 110:
   • Although Anderson brought her intelligence and sophistication to the role, given the climate of jiggle TV, critics found themselves equating Anderson with the other jiggling, giggling females. 1993, Michael B. Kassel, Ray Broadus Browne, America's Favorite Radio Station: WKRP in Cincinnati, →ISBN, page 55:
   • A jiggle TV programme consists of the following essential elements: (1) leading roles played by glamorous and improbably pneumatic young women (some of whom were surgically enhanced for the purpose); (2) scanty costumes, which allow the jiggling to be appreciated to its greatest advantage; and (3) a plot which necessitates jiggling, and may be far-fetched but not so complicated as to distract the audience from (1) or (2). 2015, Stuart Hylton, The Little Book of the 1970s, →ISBN:

Synonyms

jiggle television