What it means
A couch-potato is someone who spends hours slumped on the sofa watching telly and barely moving, remote in one hand, snacks in the other. It's the champion of doing nothing, the human dent in the cushions who'll happily binge a whole series rather than stand up. Said with a grin, usually about yourself on a lazy Sunday.
Usage examples
"I was a total couch-potato all weekend, didn't move except to refill the snacks."
"Get up off the sofa, you couch-potato, the sun's actually out for once."
Where it comes from
A blend of couch and potato, coined by an American cartoonist in the 1970s. The potato bit nods to being a spud, rooted to the sofa and doing nothing.
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