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Definition of Couch potato
1. Noun. An idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television).
Generic synonyms: Bum, Do-nothing, Idler, Layabout, Loafer
Definition of Couch potato
1. Noun. A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Couch Potato
Literary usage of Couch potato
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Revitalize Your Life: Improve Your Looks, Your Health & Your Sex Lifeby Jack Lalanne by Jack Lalanne (2003)
"The newest name for that is "couch potato." Dr. Rabb also noted that in older
... You'll also be doing something to counteract numbness, the couch potato ..."
2. Paradise Regained: Prospects for a New Social Order in the Third Millenniumby Walter Prytulak by Walter Prytulak (2000)
"Even the three-toed sloth has the right to exist, why not the human couch potato?
ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to prevent people from ..."
3. Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?: Content Comprehension, Grades 6-12by Cris Tovani by Cris Tovani (2004)
"As the phrase suggests, inert knowledge is the knowledge equivalent of a couch
potato: It's there, but it doesn't move around much or do anything, (p. ..."
4. St. Martin and St. Barts Alive! by Harriet Greenberg (2003)
"Many hotels have TVs and VCRs as part of the furnishings. You can be a couch potato.
Tropic Video, St. Jean . . . tr 27-98-85 St. Earth Video Club . ..."
5. Read & Understand Science Grades 4-6 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Ana Shirazi, Delana Heidrich, Judith Herbst, Kathleen Simpson (2005)
"Thrust is the oomph, the force you need to get your couch potato rocket moving.
This is where the rocket engines and the fuel enter the picture. ..."
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