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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.
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.
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.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Noam | | - | Hebrew |
| Faye | | FAY | English |
| Bergljot | | - | Norwegian |
| Bile | | - | Irish Mythology |
| Mercedes | | mer-THE-dhes (Spanish), mer-SE-dhes (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |
| Saul | | SAWL (English) | Biblical, Jewish, Biblical Latin |