noun

telly

Translation

What's on the telly tonight?

What's on TV tonight?

I watched a good film on the telly last night.

I watched a good movie on TV last night.

((on the telly)) on television What's on the telly tonight?

((watch telly)) to watch television We're just going to watch telly.

Synonyms: TV, television, the box

A colloquial shortening and alteration of 'television'. The '-y' or '-ie' suffix is common in British English for informal diminutives.

This is a very common British informal word, similar to how Americans almost always say 'TV' instead of 'television'.