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 fine it wearyingly difficult to keep any language alive in the uk but it doesn't mean i've lost any of the enthusiasm for the languages themselves. this article on rumpus about maintaining a language, in this case romanian, for me possibly the most fascinating of the romance languages and certainly, i think, the most neglected
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