Teletubby

See also: Télétubby

English

Etymology

From tele- (television) +‎ tubby.

Noun

Teletubby (plural Teletubbies)

Teletubbies.

1. Any of the four color-coded tubby human-like TV insectoid larvae in the BBC children's television series Teletubbies.
   • 2007, Michael Günter, Playing the Unconscious, page 98:

     She spoke like the Teletubbies, behaved like a Teletubby, and seemed to live in this harmonious toddler phantasy world.

   • 2012, James Delingpole, How To Be Right:

     They [wind turbines] turn pristine landscapes into Teletubby-style horror shows.

Translations

tubby human-like TV insectoid larvae

• Armenian: հեռուստացմփորիկ (heṙustacʻmpʻorik), տելեպուզիկ (telepuzik)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 天線得得B／天线得得B (tin¹ sin³ dak¹ dak¹ bi¹)

  Mandarin: 天線寶寶／天线宝宝 (zh) (Tiānxiànbǎobao)

• Finnish: teletappi
• French: Télétubby f
• Hebrew: טלטאבי m (teletabi), טלטבי m (teletabi)
• Icelandic: Stubbur m
• Marathi: टेलीटबी (ṭelīṭbī)
• Polish: teletubiś m
• Russian: телепу́зик (ru) m (telepúzik)
• Turkish: Teletubby, Teletabi
• Welsh: Teletubby m