mouse potato
/ˈmaʊs pəˈteɪ.təʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /maʊs pəʊ.teɪ.təʊ/
- British English: /ˈmaʊs pəˈteɪ.təʊ/