lounge (v.)
to pass (time) in lounging (usually fol. by away or out): to lounge away the afternoon.
1508, from Scot., of uncertain origin, "to lounge about, lie at full length,"
The noun in the sense of "comfortable drawing room" is first recorded 1881;
in the sense of "couch on which one can lie at full length," 1830. Lounge lizard is from 1912,
originally in reference to men who hung around in tea rooms to flirt.
i never thought of that but a nicely timed reminder.
i first saw the burmese harp years ago when i was living in falkirk of all places. compared to what we normally saw in the cinema it was like seeing something that had landed from the moon!
I must admit I'd forgotten what yesterday was.
ReplyDeleteI've just been reading this related post:
http://classical-iconoclast.blogspot.com/2011/08/hiroshima-nagazaski-and-burmese-harp.html
i never thought of that but a nicely timed reminder.
ReplyDeletei first saw the burmese harp years ago when i was living in falkirk of all places. compared to what we normally saw in the cinema it was like seeing something that had landed from the moon!