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mouse potato
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mouse potato

Someone who uses a computer, and therefore a mouse, excessively. The phrase is a corruption of ‘couch potato’, meaning a person who watches a lot of television and does little physical exercise.



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The news [in this report] means that America is making a smooth transition from couch potato to mouse potato.
Americans spend countless hours in front of computers and television by McManus, John F. / The New American
We associate the remote with passive compliance, the extreme inertia of the couch potato held in thrall for hours on end to programmers, advertisers, and their brain-numbing come-ons.
All power to the couch potatoes: the remote control turns 50 by Beato, Greg / Reason
So says "The Couch Potato Workout: 101 Exercises You Can Do at Home
PULSE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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