as in slug
a lazy person
a couch potato who refused to budge no matter what needed to be done
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Recent Examples of couch potato
The pleasures of being a couch potato.
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Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
But even for a Idaho couch potatoes, quality and flavor are what will stir consumers’ drinks.
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Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Sep. 2025
Long-form reading then becomes as hard as pushups for a couch potato.
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Doug McIntyre,
Oc Register,
31 Aug. 2025
Listen to this article Cannabis users are often stereotyped as lazy couch potatoes satisfying their munchies with junk food.
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Christine Ricciardi,
Hartford Courant,
12 Jan. 2024
See All Example Sentences for couch potato
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
But even for a Idaho couch potatoes, quality and flavor are what will stir consumers’ drinks.
—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Sep. 2025
Long-form reading then becomes as hard as pushups for a couch potato.
—
Doug McIntyre,
Oc Register,
31 Aug. 2025
Listen to this article Cannabis users are often stereotyped as lazy couch potatoes satisfying their munchies with junk food.
—
Christine Ricciardi,
Hartford Courant,
12 Jan. 2024
See All Example Sentences for couch potato
Recent Examples of Synonyms for couch potato
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Dunlap explains that these pungent compounds deter strawberry-loving garden pests like slugs and aphids while also acting as mild fungicides.
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Watch for Summer Pests Check leaves and leaf axils weekly for mealybugs, aphids, and slugs.
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Pyrotecnico, a national fireworks and drones display business, is in charge of the spectacle.
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As a result, Skywalkers hovers between a sense of constant performance and disarming immediacy — the latter generally during the many vertigo-inducing drone shots of Ivan and Angela’s hair-raising accomplishments.
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Calendula Calendula’s fleshy leaves, stems, and flowers also draw slugs and snails away from other crops and can be interplanted in food or flower gardens for natural slug control.
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The game was crawling along at a snail’s pace with a rare boundary here and there.
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Designed with a plunging neckline, modest bum coverage, and compressive fabric with UPF 50 sun protection, the elegant silhouette offers rich-girl vacation energy that could easily double as a bodysuit with shorts.
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For those caught unaware, the flies will also happily lay eggs in convenient openings such as the nose, mouth, ears, eyes, and even the bum, if available.
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“Couch potato.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couch%20potato. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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