To be a couch potato

Posted by Henry on September 23, 2004

In Reply to: To be a couch potato posted by samantha on September 23, 2004

: Hi. I have a quiz for school, and we have to look up the expression: "To be a couch potato!"
: I can't find it anywhere, so I thought, maybe one of you does.
: Could you mail me at my email-adress please, if you have information for me?

From Bartleby.com
couch potato; Slang A person who spends much time sitting or lying down, usually watching television.

When the expression "couch potato" was coined, it referred to people who preferred to spend their spare time watching television. Although people who are too lazy to carry papers up or down a flight of stairs are now dubbed "fax potatoes" and those who spend their free time surfing the Internet called "mouse potatoes," one can get carried away formulating new names for those who spend their free time in nonphysical activities.
The phrase "couch potatoes" was first marketed in 1982. People were asked to send in a dollar and a list of their five favorite TV shows of all time. Those who did received membership cards and a newsletter, The Tuber's Voice, that glorified extended TV viewing.

• To be a couch potato SR 23/September/04