Discussion Forum—A Way with Words, a fun radio show and podcast about language

Me too. Been there, but then as I recall it was more like floorlocked, and I couldn't reach any munchies.

Robert said: So I wonder if today that  ‘couch’ symbolism  still resonates, or is  fast fading with the wind ... ?

I wouldn't say it's gone the way of "dialing a phone" or "watching the tube" or other anachronisms. Yet. There's still too many couches on this planet, and they'll remain a popular fixture in front of TVs. Whether for seating a family together, or a single potato. It's a cheap seating solution. We have a couch in our home theater, but it's the "back row" to a pair of more comfortable reclining/swiveling/padded chairs with armrests. I would humbly accept the label of "chair potato."

I guess "couch fungus" would work, but that sounds like something you'd find under a cushion instead of on it.

HA! I saw that one coming. Thought about using the old "fungus among us" meme, then decided better to let this thread ride.