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.
what if, as the article suggests, walter benjamin's work was intended for a non-academic audience he was writing today? would he have written the work of art in the age of porn, cats and love island? acyually? likely he would!
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