feevee

feevee

English

Etymology

Blend of fee +‎ teevee

Noun

feevee (uncountable)

1. (US, colloquial, dated) Pay TV.
   • 1978, Harrison Boyd Summers, ‎John H. Pennybacker, Broadcasting and the Public (page 177)

     Most providers of "feevee" have promised to make available programs of types not usually available […]

   • 1980, Jay S. Harris, TV guide, the first 25 years (page 232)

     To be sure, pay-cable's under 200,000 subscribers nationwide is still a very small number. And even the most optimistic of cable enthusiasts agree that "feevee" isn't going to rob broadcast television of any sizable number of viewers […]