can anybody tell me the meaning of "couch potato"?

Answer 1

It is an Idiom. Means a lazy person.

Answer 2

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 their underwear, and sometimes drinking beer. Generally speaking, the term refers to a lifestyle in which children or adults don't get enough physical activity.

The word first appeared in a December 1979 edition of The Los Angeles Times[citation needed], and was entered into the Oxford English Dictionary fourteen years later. The exact origin of the term is unknown, but may relate to the habit of eating potato chips while watching TV.

Some studies have said that the "couch potato lifestyle" is a serious health hazard to its practitioners[1]; in the United Kingdom, a plan of the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit tied attempts "to combat the couch potato culture" to "[improving the U.K.'s] international sporting performance" [2].

Ten studies presented at the 2003 meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine suggested that there could be a genetic basis for the "couch potato lifestyle".[3]

Various activities have been designed for the couch potato, including a type of investment portfolio ("Couch Potato Portfolio")[4], and fantasy football leagues.

The phrase has coined a spin-off 'mouse potato' (or 'computer potato'), meaning one who spends too much time in front of a computer.

Greyhound dogs, who are well-known for their sprinting ability but otherwise require little exercise, are sometimes called "forty-five mile per hour couch potatoes." [citation needed]

Music artist Weird Al Yankovic's song "Couch Potato" (a parody of "Lose Yourself" by Eminem) describes him watching hours upon hours of television--- "until his brain is numb, his eyes bloodshot."

Amongst Canadians, adhering to colloquial vernacular, the Couch Potato is instead referred to as the "Chesterfield Spud" or a "Jon Whyte"

Answer 3

couch means a sitting bed , like a diwan in the drawing room. couch potato usually refers to a person who is all day lying on the couch like a potato and watching TV - the idiot box.
For more read TIMES OF INDIA on Sunday. They have answers to this.

Answer 4

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 their underwear, and sometimes drinking beer. Generally speaking, the term refers to a lifestyle in which children or adults don't get enough physical activity

Answer 5

It usually refers to an overweight person who will sit on the couch all day watching t.v. They will sit there all day and only move when they have to (like to visit the loo or something) and they are not interested in work or exercise one little bit.

Answer 6

It's similar to a mouse potato

Answer 7

MEANING OF COUCH POTATO:-
" slang term:- couch potato, means dirty, lumpy, fat and stupid. Does this sound extreme? It isn?t. But please don?t just believe me. ..."
"As a person:-the cushy life of the couch potato means English children often lack drive. ? "

Answer 8

Lazy Person in front of the TV, watching it endlessly without making an effort to change tasks to a more useful and productive one. :-)

Answer 9

someone that sits on the couch all day and watches TV

Answer 10

A lazy person , who sits in front of the TV all day & does nothing at all except watch TV.