Keeping up with Jack McCoy
In the evenings, I like to watch Law & Order reruns, which are available pretty much from 7 pm onward if one flips channels. I like the original version the best, but I will take SVU or CI in a pinch. Recently I decided just sitting on the loveseat while watching was, well, a waste.
So I bought a secondhand treadmill from Play It Again Sports. Now I can walk my way to justice. No longer will I be a
couch potato
noun, slang
A person who spends much time sitting or lying down, usually watching television.
"couch potato." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 11 . 2006. http://www.answers.com/topic/couch-potato
Instead, I'm going to be a treadmill
tomato
noun
1. A widely cultivated South American plant (Lycopersicon esculentum) having edible, fleshy, usually red fruit.
2. The fruit of this plant.
3. Slang. A woman regarded as attractive.
[Alteration of Spanish tomate, from Nahuatl tomatl.]
WORD HISTORY Among the greatest contributions to world civilization made by the early inhabitants of the Americas are plant foods such as the potato and squash. The tomato, whose name comes ultimately from the Nahuatl language spoken by the Aztecs and other groups in Mexico and Central America, was another important contribution. When the Spanish conquered this area, they brought the tomato back to Spain and, borrowing the Nahuatl word tomatl for it, named it tomate, a form shared in French, Portuguese, and early Modern English. Tomate, first recorded in 1604, gave way to tomato, a form created in English either because it was assumed to be Spanish or under the influence of the word potato. As is well known, people at first resisted eating this New World food because its membership in the nightshade family made it seem potentially poisonous, but it is now is an important element of many world cuisines.
"tomato." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 11 . 2006. http://www.answers.com/topic/tomato
So I bought a secondhand treadmill from Play It Again Sports. Now I can walk my way to justice. No longer will I be a
couch potato
noun, slang
A person who spends much time sitting or lying down, usually watching television.
"couch potato." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 11 . 2006. http://www.answers.com/topic/couch-potato
Instead, I'm going to be a treadmill
tomato
noun
1. A widely cultivated South American plant (Lycopersicon esculentum) having edible, fleshy, usually red fruit.
2. The fruit of this plant.
3. Slang. A woman regarded as attractive.
[Alteration of Spanish tomate, from Nahuatl tomatl.]
WORD HISTORY Among the greatest contributions to world civilization made by the early inhabitants of the Americas are plant foods such as the potato and squash. The tomato, whose name comes ultimately from the Nahuatl language spoken by the Aztecs and other groups in Mexico and Central America, was another important contribution. When the Spanish conquered this area, they brought the tomato back to Spain and, borrowing the Nahuatl word tomatl for it, named it tomate, a form shared in French, Portuguese, and early Modern English. Tomate, first recorded in 1604, gave way to tomato, a form created in English either because it was assumed to be Spanish or under the influence of the word potato. As is well known, people at first resisted eating this New World food because its membership in the nightshade family made it seem potentially poisonous, but it is now is an important element of many world cuisines.
"tomato." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 11 . 2006. http://www.answers.com/topic/tomato
posted by Lucy at 3:07 PM
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