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English
Etymology
Blend of mouse + couch potato.
Pronunciation
Noun
mouse potato (plural mouse potatoes)
- (slang) A person who spends excessive amounts of time using a computer.
1994 July 14, Ruth Shurman, “Me and my Gizmo: No. 8”, in The Guardian:Lady Miss Kier is a mouse potato. 'I wake up, I go and turn the computer on before I wash my face or brush my teeth. I'll be sitting there in my underwear, and before I know it, four hours have passed. Then I pick up the phone, push some more buttons and the food delivery arrives, and then 16 hours have passed in front of the computer. It leaves you completely drained.'
2001 December 7, Aniruddho Sanyal, “The Trini Trinity Is Found On De Line”, in The Times Higher Education Supplement:The internet, the authors say, affords the average mouse-potato the opportunity to experience a Naipaul-esque enigma of arrival in far-away lands without ever leaving the shores of Trinidad.
Translations
A person who spends excessive amounts of time using a computer