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

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Comes from couch potato and a computer mouse.

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  • See couch potato.

    July 23, 2008

  • Someone who spends all their time on the computer surfing the net or playing games. Similar to couch potato.

    You spent seven hours on the internet creating meanings for words on urban dictionary? Wow, You're such a mouse potato

    Urban Dictionary

    July 23, 2008