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furniture's permission slip to do absolutely nothing, beautifully.
means To recline or move about lazily, taking your ease — or the comfortable room (or padded seat) built specifically for doing so.
from A word of murky beginnings, surfacing in Scots and English around the 16th century to mean idling or sauntering about. The most charming theory ties it to Latin 'longus' (long) — as if to lounge were to stretch yourself out at full length — and possibly to the old idea of someone loitering long and lazily, though no one can prove the trail. The noun 'lounge' for a room of leisure came later, the place naturally named for the act it invites.
- airport origin
- first VIP lounge opened at 1939 New York airport
- verb power
- the only word meaning to relax aggressively
- lizard claim
- lounge lizards predate actual reptilian metaphors by decades
- music genre
- lounge jazz built entire careers on background mood
qantas first class lounge — sydney airport lounge featuring a spa, shower, and à la carte dining since the 1980s
playboy mansion game room — hugh hefner's 20,000 sq ft lounge in los angeles with pool table, bar, and grotto access