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
Long-form reading then becomes as hard as pushups for a couch potato.
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Doug McIntyre, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
Time and again over the past two decades, one-time couch potatoes have moved quickly to systems that deliver their video favorites in more convenient fashion.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 21 Aug. 2025
There are big, small, fluffy, old, hiking buddy dogs, couch potato dogs and puppies.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 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
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Doug McIntyre, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
Time and again over the past two decades, one-time couch potatoes have moved quickly to systems that deliver their video favorites in more convenient fashion.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 21 Aug. 2025
There are big, small, fluffy, old, hiking buddy dogs, couch potato dogs and puppies.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for couch potato
Noun
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The reflective foil discourages unwanted insects and pests like slugs from approaching and harming the plants, but actually helps to attract butterflies.—
Darcy Lenz,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2026
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Providing ample shade and maintaining healthy soil can help prevent issues, including occasional damage from slugs and snails, root rot, and powdery mildew.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Cutting convoy risk Army planners see cargo drones as a way to reduce dependence on traditional resupply convoys.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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But what changed was the missile and drone attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure in September, 2019, which were assumed to be perpetrated by, but were never formally attributed to, Iran.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2026
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Water’s central role in bird conservation The South Florida wetland dynamic is central to the snail kite’s survival.—
Sofia Baltodano,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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The snail slime doesn’t seem to actively turn Cathy on, but points for originality here.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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As older leaders retire, the days of bums on seats five days a week are likely to fade with them.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Here, in the rugged, remote Santa Cruz Mountains, one of California’s coastal ranges, the counterculture had found one of its first bucolic, dharma-bum milieus.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Couch potato.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couch%20potato. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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