What does "couch potato" and "couch mouse" mean?

Answer 1

A couch potato refers to a person who spends most of his/her free time sitting or lying on a couch. The stereotype often refers to overweight men who watch a lot of television, sometimes in his underwear and drinking beer. Generally speaking, the term refers to a lifestyle in which children or adults don't get enough physical activity.

mouse potato' (or 'computer potato') - one who spends too much time in front of a computer.

Answer 2

Couch Potato Meaning

Answer 3

Couch potatoes usually sit on their fat a.sses, eat and watch tv the majority of the time they're home and the mouse, actually a mouse, sits down in the cushions of the couch and eats the crumbs that the potato drop, Ha! How bout that; is that good? LOL.

Answer 4

Contrary to popular belief this usage is not lazy or indecent nor is it as recent as many of you seem to think. At least as far back as the time of the American Revolution pls or plz was used in place of please in correspondence , again after the introduction of the telegraph, and most recently with the advent of text messaging, and all for the same reason, cost. During the early days of our country both paper and ink were expensive, so there were accepted methods of abbreviation to cram as much information into a letter as possible pls (or plz) was one example of this. When sending telegrams you were charged by the word (as in typing every 5 characters not actual words) so once again pls was used (among many other shortcuts u for you and so on) to make the sending of a message as cost effective as possible. As for text messaging, when first introduced, you may recall, we were charged per message we sent, so cutting letters out of messages meant a single text could be sent instead of two. It became a habit that carried over onto the internet, even though the need for the abbreviation no long exists,,,,to be fair though I am fairly sure you type OK or okay instead of Orl Korrekt which is the widely accepted original phrase the abbreviation came from, so can you really cast stones?

Answer 5

I've never heard of a "couch mouse", but a "couch potatoe" is someone who sits and watches t.v. all day!

Answer 6

Being lazy and lying around all day. I'm a computer potato.

Answer 7

Someone who watches TV or sits at the computer all the time and doesn't do anything else.

Answer 8

Someone that sits and watchs tv all day