Is ‘couch potato’ an offensive term?

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This just in: British potato farmers were protesting outside of Parliament this morning, trying to get the term couch potato banned from the Oxford English Dictionary. It’s been there since 1993, so why they’ve waited until now to protest is anyone’s guess. According to a story from the AP, the OED terms a couch potato as “a person who spends leisure time passively or idly sitting around, especially watching television or video tapes.” (Wait, what about the

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