couch potato



couch potato

Someone who often engages in sedentary activities, usually understood as frequently watching television. Lisa wants to date a man who loves to travel and explore, not a couch potato who watches television all the time.
See also: couch, potato

couch potato

a lazy individual, addicted to television-watching. All he ever does is watch TV; he's become a real couch potato. Couch potatoes can tend to become very fat and unhealthy, you know.
See also: couch, potato

couch 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.
See also: couch, potato

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Teutorigos-Ancient Celtic
SharynSHER-ən, SHAR-ənEnglish
Nethanel-Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Marge[ma:dʒ]
Chidi-Western African, Igbo
Nour-Arabic