couch potato
Use Couch potato in a sentencecouch potato
noun
Informal. a person whose leisure time is spent watching television.
Origin:
1980–85
1980–85
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| couch potato | |
| —n | |
| slang a lazy person whose recreation consists chiefly of watching television and videos | |
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Couch potato
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
But even the laziest couch potato may soon notice some changes to his television set.
They remind me of the couch potato who watches the news and bellows out to the president how he should run the country.
Eating fatty foods, not exercising and somehow remaining lean and healthy--it's the couch potato's dream.
When they see you being active and having fun, they'll choose an active lifestyle over the boredom of a couch potato.
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