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 number of active travelers over 60 is growing at a rapid pace as many seniors are shunning the perception of being couch potatoes.
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Roger Sands, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
After all, there is a reason why people uninterested in physical activity are often dubbed couch potatoes.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
Some people in the audience are weekend warriors, others are couch potatoes, and others are hardened survivalists.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2024
The casual observer and couch potato don’t need to know a thing about obscure scoring systems or the career results of athletes who have spent the past three years largely anonymous.
—Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
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Roger Sands, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
After all, there is a reason why people uninterested in physical activity are often dubbed couch potatoes.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
Some people in the audience are weekend warriors, others are couch potatoes, and others are hardened survivalists.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2024
The casual observer and couch potato don’t need to know a thing about obscure scoring systems or the career results of athletes who have spent the past three years largely anonymous.
—Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for couch potato
Noun
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One trick to capture slugs is to lay a board down next to a row crop and check the underside in the morning to gather the slugs.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 July 2025
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The rose slugs can be controlled with a systemic insect spray.—
Chris McKeown,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Noun
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The Kremlin’s aerial attacks on Ukrainian population centers have ramped up sharply this year, leaning heavily on cheap-to-manufacture drone swarms that are intended to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses.—
Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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On most of SpaceX's missions, Falcon 9 boosters land on the company's offshore drone ships hundreds of miles downrange from the launch site.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
1 Aug. 2025
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Or that key medicines have come from ocean discoveries, like a painkiller found in a sea snail?—
Berly McCoy,
NPR,
21 July 2025
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Installed around the exterior of planters or raised beds, thick copper tape is used to keep slugs and snails from crawling in.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 July 2025
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
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“Couch potato.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couch%20potato. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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