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mouse potatoes

mouse potatoes is the plural of mouse potato.

Meaning of mouse potato

Noun

mouse potato (plural mouse potatoes)

  1. (slang) A person who spends excessive amounts of time using a computer.
    • 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...1994 July 14, Ruth Shurman, “Me and my Gizmo: No. 8”, in The Guardian

Questions about mouse potatoes

What is mouse potatoes the plural of?
Mouse potatoes is the plural of mouse potato.

Words near mouse potatoes in the dictionary

  1. mouse over
  2. mouse pad
  3. mouse pads
  4. mouse pointer
  5. mouse potato
  6. mouse potatoes
  7. mouse print
  8. mouse slip
  9. mouse slipped
  10. mouse slipping
  11. mouse slips

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