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couch-potatoey en · ADJ

Etymology

From couch potato + -ey.

Meanings

1. Like a couch potato; sedentary.
   • Now imagine moving those sheep into a parasite-free apartment in London—into clean, well-fed, couch-potatoey modernity. 2013, Moises Velasquez-Manoff, An Epidemic of Absence:
   • The question is, why has mass media been so watered down and why do couch-potatoey people buy it? 2006, Maximum Rocknroll:
   • Judging from the on-line discussion of these types of events both before and after, the fat site users aren't just a damp bunch of pasty-skinned computer geeks whose only light is the flicker of their monitors; they're as physically active and bold (and, of course, sometimes as couch-potatoey and mild) as they are online. 2004, Kathleen LeBesco, Revolting Bodies?: The Struggle to Redefine Fat Identity, page 107:

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