What a slugabed!

[Conchita]

One of today’s words of the day on the net is ‘slugabed’ (someone who stays in bed late). I had never heard it before and wonder if it’s commonly used. It sounds funny to me and I think I’m going to like it .

[Jamie (K)]

My dictionary says that slugabed has its origins in the late 16th century. I personally have never heard the word, but it seems useful, because there is no word in my vocabulary for such a person.

[Conchita]

[Alan]

Hi Concita,

Yes, I know it well. Maybe I'm showing my age. A slugabed is a sort of Oblomov.

Alan
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[Kievstar]

Hi Alan, so have you read Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov? How did you like the novel?

[Conchita]