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Originally Posted by HarryT
You've got me interested to know what the meaning was. In British English it either means "lazing around", or the room in your house in which you engage in such an activity (ie the living room).
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Well, this usage--"sofa" and also, the "room in which you engage," etc., this would actually be an incorrect derivative of
chaise longue, would it not? Which is constantly misspelt as "Chaise Lounge," as in, well, lounging?
Wouldn't
that be the derivation? I'd think?
Hitch