英文中把那些成天賴在沙發上看電視、不愛動彈的人叫做couch potato。自從有了網絡以后，有相當一部分人已經放棄了couch potato的身份，轉而加入了desk potato的行列。

　　Desk potato is someone who sits at a desk all day long but gets little to nothing done -- usually because of websurfing or playing computer games. The term is derived from couch potato.

　　Desk potato（桌邊神游族）指整天坐在書桌邊，卻不見有任何事情完成的人，通常都是因為他們成天都在上網閑逛或玩游戲。Desk potato這個說法來源于couch potato（電視迷、成天坐在沙發上無所事事的人）。

　　For example:

　　Jim has become a real desk potato. Between Mahjong and Minesweeper he manages to squeeze in a few hours on MySpace, and then he plays RPG's(Role-playing game) 'til midnight.

　　吉姆已經成了不折不扣的“桌邊神游族”。除了玩麻將和踩地雷游戲，他還會抽出幾小時上MySpace，然后就一直玩角色扮演游戲到半夜。