INBOOBTUBATED

The state of being inextricably linked to one's television set (boob tube) to the exclusion of all else; analagous to the emergency-medical necessity of having a plastic tube inserted in one's throat (being intubated) as the only possible way for the patient to remain breathing. Example: I was so completely inboobtubated this morning that I didn't hear the antique grand piano as it fell through the living room floor into the cellar, totaLling our internationally renowned wine collection.