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Meaning of mouse potato | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈmaʊs pəˈteɪ.təʊ/

Definitions

A person who spends excessive amounts of time using a computer.

slang

Translations

Deutsch PC-Hocker PC-Narr

Examples

“Lady Miss Kier is a mouse potato. 'I wake up, I go and turn the computer on before I wash my face or brush my teeth. I'll be sitting there in my underwear, and before I know it, four hours have passed. Then I pick up the phone, push some more buttons and the food delivery arrives, and then 16 hours have passed in front of the computer. It leaves you completely drained.'”
“The internet, the authors say, affords the average mouse-potato the opportunity to experience a Naipaul-esque enigma of arrival in far-away lands without ever leaving the shores of Trinidad.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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