couch potato
11couch potato — A couch potato is an extremely idle or lazy person who chooses to spend most of their leisure time horizontal in front of the TV and eats a diet that is mainly junk food. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If you refer to someone as a… …
12couch potato — noun an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television) • Topics: ↑television, ↑telecasting, ↑TV, ↑video • Hypernyms: ↑idler, ↑loafer, ↑do nothing, ↑layab …
13couch potato — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms couch potato : singular couch potato plural couch potatoes informal showing disapproval someone who spends a lot of time sitting at home watching television …
14couch potato — n American a lazy, greedy person. This expression from the late 1980s describes a person whose only activity is to lie in front of a television and eat and drink. ( Couch is an American synonym for sofa.) ► Couch potato , according to Lindsey… …
15couch potato — n. a lazy, do nothing television watcher. (See also sofa spud.) □ If there was a prize for the best couch potato, my husband would win it. □ You are turning into a perfect couch potato …
16couch potato — np A lazy person who watches too much TV. He is a couch potato. 1970s …
17couch\ potato — noun A person who is addicted to watching television all day. Poor Ted has become such a couch potato that we can t persuade him to do anything …
18couch potato — a person who watches a lot of TV If I watch four hours of TV every day, am I a couch potato? …
19Couch potato — A couch potato is an extremely idle or lazy person who chooses to spend most of their leisure time horizontal in front of the TV and eats a diet that is mainly junk food …
20couch potato — Lazy person; inveterate television watcher. ► “Systems Integrators Inc. (SII) recently hosted a couch potato suite at the Las Vegas Hilton for Expo ’94 conventioneers interested in electronic media.” (Editor & Publisher, Aug. 27, 1994, p. 28) …
