couch potato

See also: couch-potato

English

WOTD – 23 March 2010

Etymology

From couch +‎ potato; coined by Tom Iacino in 1976 as a pun on "boob tuber" (boob tube (“television”) and tuber (“potato”)); trademarked by Robert Armstrong from 1976–91.

Noun

couch potato (plural couch potatoes)

  1. (idiomatic) A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:idler.

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References

  • Allan A. Metcalf, "Predicting New Words: The Secrets of Their Success" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004) →ISBN pp.129-134.
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