mouse potato UK /ˈmaʊs pəˈteɪ.təʊ/US /maʊs pəʊ.teɪ.təʊ/ noun1 •(slang) A person who spends excessive amounts of time using a computer.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. — 2001 formsmouse potatoes