单词 | vegged-out |
释义 | vegged-outadj. slang (originally U.S.). Unresponsive, mentally disengaged; completely inactive, esp. while watching television. Cf. veg v. ΚΠ 1980 Chicago Tribune 26 Mar. 14/1 These burned out users, also referred to as ‘vegged out’ or ‘space cadets’, are sometimes so unaware of their surroundings that they do not respond when friends speak to them. 1988 Computerworld 15 Aug. 101 They don't just sit and get vegged-out in front of the thing. 2000 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 8 Jan. a23 A contemptuous dismissal of popular culture as mental junk food that produces vegged-out couch potatoes. 2007 W. Davis My Side of Story (2008) xii. 99 Mum and Dad are vegged out downstairs, recovering. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1980 |
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