FYI: Origin of Mouse Potato

[Fred Shapiro]

On Thu, 1 May 2003, Gareth Branwyn wrote:

> Mouse potatoes is nice. If its Alice's coinage we should use it and
> credit
>    her. (She apparently coined the word hippies, yes?)

I think you mean "yuppie," which Kahn claims erroneously to have coined
(her usage was in 1983, and there are several earlier citations than
that).

Fred Shapiro


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