[Ads-l] Mouse potato

[Laurence Horn]

It was, about 20 years ago. It showed up in my students’ New Words Journals back then.  Now it’s even more obsolete than (inanimate) mice.

Just confirmed this intuition via Google ngram:

https://tinyurl.com/yyydhphx

LH

> On Jun 22, 2021, at 6:20 PM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Is this real?  from
> Wordsmith.org<https://wordsmith.org/>
> mouse potato
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> PRONUNCIATION:
> (MAUS puh-tay-to) [https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwordsmith.org%2Fwords%2Fimages%2Fsound-icon.png&t=1624400179&ymreqid=c4dc0a6e-30ad-4309-1c94-82008c015300&sig=BUrbRUU5axCPNh44UJSgrg--~D] <https://wordsmith.org/words/mouse_potato.mp3>
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> MEANING:
> noun: Someone who lives a sedentary life, spending large amounts of leisure time playing computer games, surfing the net, streaming videos, etc.
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> Tom Zurinskas,  Originally from SW Conn 20 yrs,  college NE Tenn 3,  work SE NJ  33,  resides SE Florida 18...  truespel.com
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