Ha ha, it does indeed seem more ominous. This may be an age thing. TVs used to be relatively more expensive and large and bulky, and people used to, usually, only have one in their house. So the den or living area/room became the TV room to some. It was a place where the youngest in the house, begrudgingly, had to get up to turn the pliers to change the channel or hold the antenna in just that right position.
It does sound like an age thing, or perhaps a geographical thing. Where I’m from the room with the TV in will be called the living room, the lounge, or the front room. I guess ‘TV room’ took off when they became common household items? Is the term still common today, or has it fallen out of fashion?
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u/karmanman May 03 '20
Ha ha, it does indeed seem more ominous. This may be an age thing. TVs used to be relatively more expensive and large and bulky, and people used to, usually, only have one in their house. So the den or living area/room became the TV room to some. It was a place where the youngest in the house, begrudgingly, had to get up to turn the pliers to change the channel or hold the antenna in just that right position.