as in slug
a lazy person
he's always so busy that he would make anyone look like a slugabed by comparison
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Noun
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Bristly rose slug The bristly rose slug is the most common rose slug in California and is the larva of a sawfly.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025 -
The slugs are attracted to the yeasty odor and drown.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Ukrainian special forces and the intelligence directorate in Kyiv were watching with at least one surveillance drone.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Vandenberg security forces used detection systems at the base to track the drone to a park close to 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) away, where law enforcement found Zhou attempting to hide the drone in his jacket, a court affidavit states.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But, somehow, life finds a way: The seafloor was crawling with critters of all shapes and sizes, from centuries-old sponges and cup corals to octopuses, snails, worms, sea spiders, icefish and even a rare giant phantom jellyfish.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
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Mount Helix takes its name from the helix aspersa, a European garden snail that a Swiss biologist discovered in the area in 1872.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The number of active travelers over 60 is growing at a rapid pace as many seniors are shunning the perception of being couch potatoes.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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After all, there is a reason why people uninterested in physical activity are often dubbed couch potatoes.—
Melanie Radzicki McManus,
CNN,
3 Sep. 2024
Noun
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
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“Slugabed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slugabed. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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