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Mouse Potato

The online generation's answer to the couch potato.

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couch potato

[couch potato] {n.} A person who is addicted to watching television all day. * /Poor Ted has become such a couch potato that we can't persuade him to do anything./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hot potato

[hot potato] {n.}, {informal} A question that causes strong argument and is difficult to settle. * /Many school boards found segregation a hot potato in the 1960s./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

French fried potato

[French fried potato] or [French fry] {n.} A narrow strip of potato fried in deep fat. - Usually used in the plural. * /Sue ordered a hamburger and french fries./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Under Mouse Arrest

[Under Mouse Arrest] Getting busted for violating an online service's rule of conduct. * /"Sorry I couldn't get back to you. AOL put me under mouse arrest."/ Business slang

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