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 Padres paired their burgeoning slug with small-ball sensibilities in a 7-2 win that extended their win streak to five games and upped their total to 10.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
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In dense plantings, marigolds can also attract spider mites, slugs and aphids.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ukrainian drones targeted an industrial facility in Sterlitamak, a Russian city about 1,300 kilometers (roughly 800 miles) east of the border with Ukraine, local authorities said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Sierra says the drone outside her daughter's second-floor bedroom window would be just feet away and wouldn't go to any other part of her home.—
Heath Kalb,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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At first, the video feed showed little more than brown mud pockmarked by burrowing worms and snails.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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The main thing to keep an eye out for with lettuce is slugs and snails.—
Helena Madden,
Martha Stewart,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Actress Jodie Foster was just photographed toting the perfect hands-free carryall—sort of like a hybrid, crossbody-bag-meets-bum-bag.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
12 Apr. 2026
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Coach told us to be first one to the ball and to make those 50/50 plays, to do it on a bum ankle but still being able to give it my all and leave everything there for my teammates.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Couch potato.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couch%20potato. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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