LAZE, LAZILY, LAZINESS, LAZY
ADJECTIVES
► ABBEY-LUBBER-LIKE lazy, thriftless, ne’er-do-well → 1570 sl.
► ACCIDIOUS lazy, slothful → 1731 obs.
► BELKING lounging, lying lazily → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BONE IDLE utterly idle, lazy → 1836
► BONE LAZY extremely indolent or lazy → a1825
► BOWBERT lazy, inactive → 1513 Sc. obs.
► BUMBARD ► BUMBART lazy, idle → a1513 Sc. obs.
► CAW-MAGGING idle, lazy, gaping → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CLIMATE-STRUCK lazy → 1724 US
► DAY-BED lazy, prone to lie late in bed → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DAY-LAZY damned lazy → 1961 Amer. dial.
► DAZZIN lazy → 1882 Eng. dial.
► DEADBEAT lazy, idle → M19 sl.
► DEAD-SWEER lazy, indolent, unwilling; undecided → 1721 Sc.
► DESIDIOSE idle, slothful, lazy, sluggish, indolent → 1727 obs.
► DESIDIOUS idle, lazy, indolent, slothful, negligent, sluggish → a1540 obs.
► DO-LESS lacking energy, inactive, lethargic; lazy, shiftless → 1859 Amer. dial.
► DO-LITTLE doing little; lazy, idle → 1683
► DO-NOTHING lacking energy, inactive, lethargic; lazy, shiftless → 1832 Amer. dial.
► DON’T-CARE-IFIED lazy; indifferent → 1927 Amer. dial.
► DON’T-CARE-ISH lazy; indifferent → 1959 Amer. dial.
► DOZY stupid; lazy → 1999 UK sl.
► EASIE-OSIE ► EASY-OSY ► EASY-OZIE easygoing, inclined to be lazy; involving the minimum of effort → 1846 Sc.
► FAINT avoiding exertion, shirking, lazy, sluggish → c1325 obs.
► FALSE of a man: lazy → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAT-ARSED ► FAT-ASSED said of anyone who is lazy or unpleasant → 19C sl.
► HAINGLE lazy, disinclined to work → 1832 Sc.
► HALLACKING ► HALLOCKING idle, lazy, trifling, loitering → 1878 Eng. dial.
► HEART-LAZY very lazy → 1902 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► IDLESOME lazy, shiftless → 1953 Amer. dial.
► ILLABORIOUS not laborious; lazy → a1631 obs.
► KILFLIGGIN lazy → 1895 Amer. dial.
► LAGGIE ► LAGGY slow, tardy; lazy → 1897 Sc.
► LAIRLY idle, lazy; disagreeable; low, base → 1781 Eng. dial.
► LALDERISH lounging, listless, lazy → 1894 Eng. dial.
► LAPSY lazy, slow; indifferent → 1872 Eng. dial.
► LARBAL lazy, sluggish → 1825 Sc. obs.
► LASH lazy → 1710 Sc. obs.
► LATCHING lazy, indolent → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► LAWRENCY lazy → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAYERLY idle, lazy; disagreeable; low, base → 1781 Eng. dial.
► LAZIER THAN GOD’S OFF OX very lazy → 1958 Amer. dial.
► LAZY AS DAVID LAURENCE’S DOG excessively indolent → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► LAZY AS HALL’S DOG very lazy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAZY AS LARRIMAN’S DOG very lazy → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAZY AS LUDLAM’S DOG excessively indolent → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► LAZY-ASS very lazy → 2004 African-American sl.
► LOSELLY good-for-nothing, idle, lazy → 1611 obs.
► LUBBERLY coarse of figure and dull of intellect, loutish; stupid; clumsy; lazy → 1580
► LURDAN worthless, ill-bred, lazy → c1480 obs.
► LURGY idle, lazy → 1828 Eng. dial. obs.
► LUSK lazy, idle, sluggish, slothful, worthless → 1775
► LUSKING slothful, lazy → a1500 obs.
► LUSKISH inclined to be lazy or indolent; idle, slothful, sluggish → a1500 obs.
► LUSKY lazy, sluggish → 1604
► MACHLESS lazy, sluggish, indolent → 1888 Sc. (Bk.)
► MARBEL slow, lazy, reluctant → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MAUGER lazy → 1941 Amer. dial.
► MOLOWA lazy → 1938 Hawaii
► NO-COUNT worthless, lazy, shiftless; useless, good-for-nothing; insignificant, trivial → 1853 Amer. dial.
► OONLEEDFIL wanting in diligence or industry, lazy → 1898 Sc.
► OOZY lazy, sluggish; dull → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► POKE-EASY slow, lazy, easygoing → 1851 Amer. dial.
► RECRAYED slothful, lazy → 1340 obs.
► RESTY lazy, inclined to rest → 1931 Amer. dial.
► SHACKLING shiftless, lazy; going from one job to another → 1894 Amer. dial.
► SICK OF THE IDLES exceedingly lazy; idle without the will to work → 1639 colloq.
► SICK OF THE LOMBARD FEVER exceedingly lazy; idle without the will to work → c1650
► SLACK-BACKED lazy, idle → 1884 Eng. dial.
► SLACK-TWISTED of a loose, unsatisfactory character; lazy, inactive; lethargic, wanting in energy; mentally weak, shiftless → 1802
► SLEUTHFUL slothful, lazy → c1400 obs.
► SLOBBY untidy, lazy, poorly groomed, crude, obnoxious → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLOWFUL slow, sluggish, slothful, lazy → 1400
► STUCK OUT lazy, forgetful; deprived → 1970s US prison sl.
► SWEERT lazy, sluggish, reluctant, inactive, slothful, indolent → 1817 Sc.
► SWEYNT tired, lazy → c1450 obs.
► SWINISH greedy, dirty, lazy; coarse, degraded, uncivilized → a1200
► TACO inhabited by or characteristic of Mexicans; cheap; stupid; lazy → 1968 Amer. dial., derogatory
► THOWLESS wanting in energy, inactive, weak, spiritless, lazy; useless; insipid → 1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► THRAW-SITTEN lazy, stupefied → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TRIFLING lazy, shiftless, inefficient, worthless, good-for-nothing → 1832 Amer. dial.
► WORK-BRITTLE disinclined to work; lazy → 1952 Amer. dial.
ADVERBS
► LAZY SIDE OUT in a lazy mood → 1878 Eng. dial.
► LITHERLY idly, lazily → 1550 obs.
► PERCUNCTORILY lazily in a dilatory manner → 1615 obs.
► SLOTHLY lazily, sluggishly → a1425 obs.
► SLUGLY sluggishly, lazily → 1436 obs.
► SWINISHLY lazily, greedily, dirtily → 1542
NOUNS
► BIG LAZIES, THE laziness; a strong inclination to idleness → 1898 Amer. dial.
► BLANKET FEVER laziness; a liking for staying in bed under the blankets → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BLUDGE a period of lazy inactivity; also, a job needing no effort → 1943 Aust. sl.
► BUMMELLING a strolling or wandering around in a leisurely way; lazy or leisurely inactivity → 1902
► CABBAGE-TREE MOB a class of layabouts or roughs, typified by the wearing of a ‘cabbage-tree hat’ (a hat made of woven cabbage-tree or cabbage-palm leaves) → c1850 Aust. sl.
► CABBAGITES a class of layabouts or roughs, typified by the wearing of a ‘cabbage-tree hat’ (a hat made of woven cabbage-tree or cabbage-palm leaves) → c1850 Aust. sl.
► DESIDIOUSNESS laziness; indolence → a1540 obs.
► FEVER AND LURK the ‘disease’ of laziness; an imaginary disease → 1966 Amer. dial.
► FEVER-LARGIE ► FEVER-LURDEN ► FEVER-LURK idleness; indolence, laziness → 1873 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FEVER-LURDEN laziness, indolence, idleness → c1500 Eng. dial. obs.
► FEVER-LURGAN laziness → c1500 obs.
► FEVER-LURGY laziness → 1769 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FEVER-LURK idleness, indolence, laziness → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FUSSOCK dirt, filthiness, laziness → 19C Eng. dial.
► HURKLE-DURKLE laziness, sluggishness in bed → 19C Sc.
► IDLESHIP idleness; sloth; laziness → 1357 obs.
► IDLE WORMS worms, once jocularly supposed to be bred in the fingers of lazy maidens → colloq.
► ISLE-OF-WIGHT DOG laziness → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAITCH indolence, laziness → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► LAWRENCE-LARRY laziness, indolence → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LUBBERLAND an imaginary land of plenty without labour; a land of laziness; the Paradise of indolence → 1598
► LURGI ► LURGIE ► LURGY idleness, laziness, esp. regarded humorously or ironically as a medical condition; also, a fit of depression, esp. one caused by a hangover → 1769
► LURGY FEVER idleness, laziness, esp. regarded humorously or ironically as a disease → 1828 obs., chiefly Eng. dial.
► MAORI P.T. laziness; avoidance of work → 1961 NZ sl.
► OCIVITY sloth, laziness, indolence → 1550 obs.
► OOZLIENESS slovenliness, slothfulness, laziness → 1880 Sc.
► PIGRITUDE slothfulness, laziness, idleness → 1623 obs.
► POLTROONERY laziness → 1590 obs.
► SWEERDOM indolence, laziness, sloth → c1480 Sc. obs.
► SWEERNESS indolence, laziness, sloth → c888 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABBEY-LUBBER orig. (prior to the Reformation), a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house; a lazy loiterer who might work, but would not, preferring to depend on the charity of religious houses → 1509
► AFTERNOON FARMER a procrastinating one; hence a lazy person → 1874 Eng. sl.
► AFTERNOON MAN a late or lazy man → 1615
► AFTERNOON PEOPLE lazy, procrastinating people → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ANDREW a lazy fellow → E18 sl.
► ASH-CAT a lazy person who crouches over the fire → 1808 Eng. dial.
► ASHIEPATTLE ► ASSIEPATTLEa neglected or dirty child; a Cinderella, a drudge, a lazy person; a term of contempt for the young of animals → 1825 Sc.
► ASHYPET a dirty, lazy child or animal that lounges about the hearth → 1898 Ireland (Bk.)
► ASSBULB a lazy person → 2000s African-American sl.
► ASS-CAT a lazy person who crouches over the fire → 1808 Eng. dial.
► AUNT HAGGIE’S CHILDREN any stupid, lazy, despised people → 1985 Bermuda sl.
► BACK-SEAT DRIVER a lazy person, a shirker → 1960s sl. rhyming sl. for ‘skiver’
► BAD EGG a person or a scheme that disappoints expectation; a useless or lazy person; a ne’er-do-well → 1855
► BAD LOT a useless or lazy person → 1848 sl.
► BAG OF GUTS a fat person; a worthless. clumsy fellow; a useless, lazy person; used contemptuously → 1894 Amer. sl.
► BAITIE-BUM a lazy fellow; a simpleton → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BAKESTER a lazy fellow, one fond of lying about → 1859 Eng. dial. sl.
► BALLY-RANDY a lazy, loafing fellow → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BANZELL a long, lazy fellow → 1855 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BARTY BUMMILL ► BATY BUMMILL a lazy or feckless person; an idler → 1568 Sc. obs., derogatory
► BATIE-BUM a lazy or inactive fellow; an idler; a simpleton, a fool; a useless bungler → 1572 Sc. obs., derogatory
► BATLAN a lazy person, a loafer, a good-for-nothing → 1982 Yiddish (Bk.)
► BEDPRESSER a heavy, lazy fellow → 1598 obs.
► BEDYOW a lazy, good-for-nothing woman → 1929 Sc.
► BELLY-GUT a slothful glutton; a greedy, lazy person → 1540
► BENCH-WARMER orig. someone who sits idly on a bench, esp. a substitute in a sports team; hence, any lazy or ineffectual person → 1662 US sl.
► BIGGIE ► BIGGY a man who is both tall and lazy → 1928 W. Indies
► BING a lazy fellow → 1908 Sc.
► BINN a lazy fellow → 1908 Sc.
► BLAITIE BUM a lazy or feckless person; an idler; a simpleton, a fool, a bungler; a sheepish fellow → 1540 Sc. obs., derogatory
► BONE LOAFER a lazy person, an idler → 1933 Amer. dial.
► BUM a lazy shiftless person; a habitual loafer → 1882 derogatory
► BUMBARD ► BUMBART a lazy or foolish person → a1513 Sc. obs.
► BUMBLE a lazy or feckless person; an idler → 1786 Sc. obs.
► BUMMER a worthless, lazy, or despicable person → 1857 sl.
► BUMMILL BATY a lazy or feckless person; an idler → 1568 Sc. obs., derogatory
► BUMP ON A LOG a good-for-nothing person; a lazy, indolent person → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BUM TRIP a lazy or uninteresting person → 1970 US high school sl. (Bk.)
► CABBAGER a layabout; a lazy, idle person → M19 Aust. sl.
► CAYNARD a lazy fellow, a sluggard; a worthless fellow, a rascal, a scoundrel; a term of reproach → 1303 obs.
► CHAIR BOTTOMER a lazy man → 1926 Amer. dial.
► CHUB a lazy spiritless person, a rustic, a simpleton, a fool → 1558 obs.
► CLARSHA a lazy woman → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► CODGER a lazy person; an idler → L19 Aust. prison sl.
► COFFEE BOILER a lazy person; a shirker → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► COOKIE PUSHER a lazy do-nothing → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► COOTER a lazy, indolent person → 1868 Amer. dial.
► CRAWLER a lazy person, a loiterer → 1880
► CROW-EATER a lazybones who prefers subsisting upon what he can pick up, as the crows do, to putting himself to the trouble of working for it → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► DA an indolent wench; a sluggard → 1818 Sc.
► DAW a lazy, good-for-nothing person; a sluggard → c1460
► DAWDLE a lazy, indolent person; a frivolous, useless person → 1854 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DAWDLING a lazy, indolent person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DEADASS a lazy or stupid person; a boring or feeble person; an absolute dullard → 1959 Amer. sl.
► DEADHEAD a lazy, worthless person or animal; an idler, a loafer; a term of disparagement → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DEADLEG a feeble, lazy, or disappointing person → 1950s Brit. sl.
► DO-LESS a lazy or shiftless person; a good-for-nothing; a very silly or light-headed person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DO-LITTLE one who does little; one who talks much but does little; a lazy or idle person → 1586
► DO-LITTLER an idle, worthless person; a lazy person → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DO-NOTHING one who does nothing; an idle or lazy person → 1579
► DOODLER a lazy person; an idler → 20C sl.
► DOR ► DORR a lazy idler → 1551 obs.
► DRAFFSACK a big paunch; a lazy glutton; a gross greedy fellow → c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► DRAW-LATCH a lazy person; a tedious, dawdling loiterer → 1825 Eng. dial.
► DUCK-FUCKER a lazy person → 1986 US sl.
► EASY-OSY ► EASY-OZIE an easygoing person, one inclined to be lazy → 1850 Sc.
► FEATHER MERCHANT a shirker; a cheat; a lazy person; one who is given a position without having worked for it → 1784 Amer. dial.
► FUCK-OFF a person who wastes time; one who shirks responsibilities or duties; a lazy or apathetic person → 1948 US sl.
► GALLEY-STOKER a lazy skulker → 1867
► GANGREL a lazy lout → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GET-NOTHING one who through laziness earns nothing; an idler, a ne’er-do-well → a1625 obs.
► GFO a lazy person (General Fuck-Off) → 1948 US military jocular usage
► GLUB a slob or lazy person → 2002 NZ sl.
► GOLD-BRICK a lazy person; a shirker → 1914 US sl.
► GOLD-BRICKER a lazy person; a shirker → 1919 US sl.
► HAGGIS a term of contempt applied to a lumpish, unwieldy person; a soft, ‘pudding-headed’ person; an indolent, do-nothing fellow → 1822
► HAINGLE an idle, loutish fellow; a lazy, slovenly good-for-nothing → 1791 Sc.
► HAIVER a fussy, indecisive person; an idler who makes a pretense of work; a lazy, idle fellow → 1866 Sc.
► HAIVEREL an ungainly person; a lounger, a lazy person; a sloven → 1721 Sc.
► HALLACKS ► HALLOCK a tall, lazy, ungainly fellow; a rough, uncouth person→ 1862 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAMLEG a lazy or inactive person → 1954 Amer. dial.
► HANGEREL ► HANGRELL a lazy, idle, good-for-nothing person; a hanger-on → 1805 Eng. dial.
► HANG-GALLOWS a gallows-bird, one ripe for the gallows; a lazy, good-for-nothing or worthless fellow; a villain → 1790
► HANGY-BANGY a big, lazy fellow, a good-for-nothing → 1893 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HANIEL ► HANNIEL a lout; a lazy, awkward, good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless, mischievous person; a general term of abuse → 1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HANZIEL an idle, loutish fellow; a lazy, slovenly good-for-nothing → 1791 Sc.
► HARD BARGAIN a person who is not considered to be worth the wages he or she is paid; a useless or lazy person, a shirker; esp. an incompetent member of the Royal Navy → 1818 sl., chiefly Brit. Navy usage
► HASH a lazy, untidy person; a sloven → 1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HASH-A-PIE a lazy, slovenly fellow, and one who pays more attention to his belly than to his work → 1825 Sc. obs.
► HASHTER a lazy, untidy person → 1997 Irish sl. (Bk.)
► HAVEREL ► HAVREL an ungainly person; a lounger, a lazy person; a sloven → 1721 Sc.
► HAVERS a stupid, chattering person; an incoherent or garrulous person; a lazy, idle fellow → 1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HEAVY ARSE ► HEAVY-ASS a lazy or sluggish person → 1530
► HULLOCK a lazy, worthless fellow; a term of reproach → 19C Eng. dial.
► HUMMEL a lazy fellow → a1513 Sc. obs.
► IDLE-BACK an indolent or lazy person → 1828
► IDLED-BACK an idle or lazy person → 1877 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► IDLER one who idles or is idle; one who spends his time in idleness; an indolent or lazy person; a sluggard; one who trifles away his time → 1534
► IDLESBY an idle or lazy fellow; a loafer → 1611 obs.
► IDLETON an idle or lazy fellow → 1762 Eng. dial.
► JACK-A-DROGNES ► JACK-A-DROYNES a lazy, good-natured fellow → 1903 (Bk.)
► KAYNARD a worthless fellow; a lazy cowardly person; a sluggard; a rascal → 1782 obs.
► KEESO a lazy, good-for-nothing sort of person → 1929 Sc.
► LABLOLLY a lazy, clumsy, hulking fellow; a ne’er-do-well; a silly person → 1876 Eng. dial.
► LADRONE a vague term of reproach; a rogue, rascal, blackguard; a lazy knave → a1557 Sc.
► LAG a layabout, a ne’er-do-well, a lazy person → 1910s sl.
► LAGABAG a lazy, idle person; one disposed to lie in bed → 19C Eng. dial.
► LAG-ARAG a lazy, idle person → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAGGER a layabout, a ‘corner boy’ → 1990s sl.
► LAGGINBACK a lazy, idle, slow-moving person → 1859 Eng. dial.
► LAG LEG a lazy person → 1959 Amer. dial.
► LAG-LOST a layabout, a ne’er-do-well, a lazy person → 1910s sl.
► LAIDRON a term of abuse for a lazy, loutish person; a loafer; a slattern, a drab → 1718 Sc. obs.
► LAITCH a lazy or indolent person → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► LAITHRON a lazy, idle person; a sloven, a drab; a dirty, untidy woman or girl, used as a term of contempt → 1832 Sc.
► LALL a lazy, inactive, useless person; a lounger; a dawdling child hanging about its mother → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LALLOP ► LALLOPS a lazy, lounging person; an idler; an awkward or slatternly girl → 1864 Eng. dial.
► LAWRENCE a nickname for a lazy person; a loafer; the personification of laziness → 1824 Amer. dial.
► LAYABOUT a lazy person; a shirker → 1932 sl.
► LAZY-BONES a lazy person; a shirker → 1592
► LAZY-BOOTS a lazy person → 1831
► LAZY LAWRENCE a nickname for a lazy person; a loafer; the personification of laziness → 1869 Amer. dial.
► LAZY-LEGS a lazy person → 1838
► LEENGER a sloucher, a lazy fellow, a lounger → 1880 Sc.
► LEGUME a lazy person, one who lies around doing nothing → 1980s US students’ sl.
► LETHRON a term of abuse for a lazy, loutish person; a loafer; a slattern, a drab → 1718 Sc. obs.
► LIDDERON ► LIDRONE a lazy, idle person; a sloven, a drab; a dirty, untidy woman or girl, used as a term of contempt → 1825 Sc.
► LIE-ABOUT a lazy person; a shirker → 1937 sl.
► LOITER-SACK a lazy, loitering fellow; an idler → 1594 obs.
► LOLL-POOP literally, one who is sluggish in the stern; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggish lounger → 1661 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► LOLLYPOT a term of abuse; an idiot, a booby; a lazy lubber → 1746 Eng. dial.
► LOOBY a fool; a soft-head; a dull, clumsy person; an awkward, heavy person; a lazy, hulking fellow; an awkward, stupid, clownish person → 1377
► LOP-LOLLARD a lazy fellow → 19C Eng. dial.
► LOPLOLLY a lazy fellow → 19C Eng. dial.
► LUMBER-HEELS a lazy, ungainly fellow; a lout → 1895 Amer. dial.
► LUSK an idle, lazy, slothful, good-for-nothing fellow; a sluggard → c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► LUSKIN an idle or lazy fellow; a sluggard → 1593 obs.
► LYBE a lazy fellow → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► MAGGOT a very lazy person, esp. one who stays in bed all day → 1980s US students’ sl.
► MICH an indolent, lazy fellow → 1795 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOCKING a dirty, lazy woman; a slattern → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MO DICKER a lazy, irresponsible person → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► MOEGIE ► MOEGOE a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit; a lazy lout → 1953 S. Afr. colloq., derogatory
► MOEKIN ► MOIKIN a lazy, dirty woman, a slattern → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLASSES a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MORCAN ► MORGIN ► MORKIN a dirty, lazy, slovenly woman → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MR. SLOWCOME a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MUCKHEAP a lazy, filthy person → M19 sl.
► MUCK SACK a lazy person → 1959 US sl.
► NEVER-SWEAT an idle or lazy person → 1851
► NO-LOAD a gloomy or lazy individual → 1929 Amer. dial.
► NUBBIE an unsocial person, worldly, yet lazy → 1824 Sc.
► OLD SOLDIER a lazy person; a shirker → 1805 US military sl.
► OLD TOOT a shiftless, lazy person → 1888 Amer. dial.
► OMADAUN a stupid person; a simpleton, a fool; a lazy, good-for-nothing fellow → 1843 Ireland
► PADDY a worthless or lazy person → 1975 Amer. sl., orig. hobo usage (Bk.)
► PADDY WARD’S PIG a lazy person; one who is relaxing → c1790 Ireland
► PANGUTS a lazy, fat-bellied fellow → 1617 obs.
► PARASITE a lazy person who depends on others for support → 1883
► PASSENGER a member of a rowing crew who does not pull his weight; hence, a member of a group who does not contribute any effort, and so has to be supported by the others; a lazy person → 1852 sl., orig. Brit. university usage
► PIG a greedy, lazy, or fat person → 1858 derogatory
► PIKER a person who avoids doing his or her share of the work; a shirker; a lazy person → 1889 sl., orig. US
► POKE a slow or lazy animal; a stupid, boring, slow, or plodding person; a lazy person; a dawdler; a bore; a worthless fellow → 1844 Amer. dial.
► POKE-EASY an easygoing person; a lazy, slow person → 1909 Amer dial.
► POOP-BUTT a lazy, unmotivated person → 1967 US sl.
► RUTTER a lazy, slovenly, ignorant person → 1968 Amer. dial.
► SACK HOUND a lazy person who is overly fond of sleep → 1959 US sl.
► SACK RAT a lazy person who is overly fond of sleep → 1947 US sl.
► SARKFU O IDLENESS a lazy person → 1969 Sc.
► SAUNTERER a dawdler, a trifler; a lazy person; an idler; a loafer; a lounger → 1688 obs.
► SCAFE a wild, thoughtless person, esp. a boy or young man; a rascal; a lazy ne’er-do-well → 1868 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCODGER a lazy lounger → Bk1904 Sc.
► SCOUR-THE-HUDDIE a lazy fellow who loafs at the fireside → 1857 Sc.
► SHAMMOCK a lazy, slovenly person ..E18 chiefly Eng. dial.
► SHEEPHERDER (usually derogatory) a lazy, stupid person → 1930 Amer. dial.
► SHITABED a lazy or worthless person; a term of abuse → 1653 sl.
► SHIT-RAGS a lazy person; a term of abuse → 1598 sl. obs.
► SKATE a lazy person, a shirker; a lazy and/or incompetent worker → 1960s US sl.
► SKIVER ► SKYVER a lazy person; a shirker → 1941 sl., orig. services’ usage
► SLACK-ARSE a lazy, inefficient, negligent person; a shirker; an idler → 1971 Aust. sl.
► SLACK-BACK a lazy fellow → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SLACKER someone who avoids work or exertion; a lazy person → 1898 sl.
► SLEEPING JESUS a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLEEPY a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLONK a lazy slinking fellow; an idle, dissolute person; an indolent, clownish fellow; a hanger-on → 19C Eng. dial.
► SLOWBACK a slothful or sluggish person; a sluggard; a lazy, idle fellow; a loiterer; a loafer → 1577 obs.
► SLOW-BELLY a lazy, idle, or indolent person; a sluggard, a laggard → 1607
► SLOWBULL a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLOWCOME a slow person; a lagging, stupid, lazy fellow; a lazy, sluggish fellow; an idler → 1882 Eng. dial.
► SOONER a weak idler; a lazy good-for-nothing → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► STEP-AND-FETCH-IT a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STREEL a lazy, untidy woman; a slattern → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► SUNDAY DOG a lazy person → 1999 Aust. sl., obs.
► SWINE a greedy, lazy, or dirty person; a coarse, degraded, or lecherous person; a term of abuse → c1175 derogatory
► TAG-RAG the rabble; the riff-raff; the common people; a member of the rabble; a low or despicable person; a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond → 1609
► TICK a many too lazy to work, and too shiftless to move → 1958 Amer. sl.
► TOOT an idle or worthless person; a shiftless, lazy person; a simpleton, a fool; an oaf → 1888 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► TROANT a foolish, idle person; a lazy loiterer → 1746 Eng. dial. obs.
► TYKE a low-bred, lazy, mean, surly, or ill-mannered fellow; a boor → a1400
► ULLACK a lazy, worthless fellow; a term of reproach → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VAGABOND ► VAGGERBOND a lazy but inoffensive young man → 1894 sl.
► VAGABONE a lazy but inoffensive young man → 1864 UK sl.
► VARGYBIN’ a lazy but inoffensive young man → 1926 sl.
► VARGYBUN’ a lazy but inoffensive young man → 1926 US sl.
► WAGABONE a lazy but inoffensive young man → 1883 sl.
► WANK a lazy, incompetent, unpleasant person → 1940s sl.
► WANKER a lazy, incompetent, unpleasant person → 1940s sl.
► WEARY ANN a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WEARY WILLY a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WHIFFET a small or contemptible person; an insignificant looking person; a lazy boy → 1767 Amer. dial.
► WORK-BRITTLE a lazy person, a sluggard → 1952 Amer. dial.
► YAWNAX ► YAWNUP ► YAWNUPS ► YAWNUX a stupid person; a fool; a lazy, uncouth person; a boor → 1870 Eng. dial.
► YAWNEY-BOX a silly person; a lazy, stupid person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YORNEY a lazy, stupid person; a fool → 1876 Eng. dial.
► YORNHEAD a silly person; a lazy, stupid person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► BREAK AN ELBOW AT THE CHURCH DOOR said of a woman who becomes lazy and indolent after marriage → 1776 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DEAD LICE ARE DROPPING OFF ► DEAD LICE ARE FALLING OFF used for describing someone who is very slow-moving or lazy → 1960 US sl.
► DOESN’T AMOUNT TO A FIDDLE OF STICKS said of someone worthless, lazy → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HE WOULDN’T PULL A SOLDIER OFF HIS MOTHER a catchphrase directed at laziness or slacking → c1880 nautical sl.
► HE WOULDN’T WORK IN AN IRON LUNG said of someone who is totally lazy → 1940s Aust sl.
► HIM AND WORK HAS HAD A FALLIN’ OUT said of a very lazy person → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LAWRENCE BIDS used to anyone who is inclined to be lazy; often used to a man when he is nodding, or just falling asleep → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WHITE DOG BITES, THE used of an indolent and lazy person → 19C Eng. dial.
► YOU WOULD NOT WALK THE LENGTH OF YOURSELF used of a very lazy person → 1988 Sc.
VERBS
► ARSLE ► ASSLE to loaf; to idle about restlessly; to be lazy and aimless → c1960 Amer. dial.
► BOTTOM CHAIRS to be lazy → 1926 Amer. dial.
► BUMMEL to stroll or wander around in a leisurely way; to laze about → 1900
► CLUFF to laze, to sit idly by the fire → 1825 Sc.
► CODGER to act lazily → .L19 Aust. prison sl.
► DADDLE to trifle, move lazily or saunteringly, to be listless → 1868 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DOG IT to act lazily or half-heartedly; to shirk or avoid responsibility, risk, etc. → 1905 sl., orig. US
► DOSS to fool about, to mess around; to pass time idly or aimlessly; to be lazy, to loaf → 1937 Brit. colloq.
► DRINGLE to waste time in a lazy, lingering manner; to be slow, dilatory; to dawdle; to trickle sluggishly → c1680 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DROODLE to wander aimlessly; to laze around → 20C US sl.
► DRUMBLE to be sluggish or lazy and slow in movement → 1598 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FUSSOCK to be dirty or lazy → 19C Eng. dial.
► GLOZE to laze → 1895 (Bk.)
► GOOF OFF to act lazily, to mess around instead of working; to idle or waste time; to shirk one’s duties → 1932 sl., orig. military
► HAIVER to hesitate and make much ado about doing anything; to be lazy at work → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► HANG ON THE SLACK ROPE to be lazy → 19C Eng. dial.
► HAVE LEADEN SOCKS IN ONE’S BOOTS to be lazy → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAVE THE HAINGLES to be in a lazy mood → 1808 Sc.
► HAVER to make a fuss about nothing, to make a pretense of being busy; to be lazy at work; to dawdle, to potter about; to saunter, to lounge → 1866 Sc.
► HULLOCK to go about in a lazy manner → 19C Eng. dial.
► KEEP BANKER’S HOURS to act lazily → 20C sl.
► KNOCK DOWN to act lazily; to shirk one’s work → 1950s Can. sl.
► LAITCH to be idle, to show laziness; to loiter → 1902 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAWRENCE BIDS HIGH WAGES ► LAWRENCE BIDS WAGES to invite to idleness or to be lazy → 1821 Eng. dial.
► LURDGE to indulge in laziness → c1580 obs.
► LUSK to lie hid; to lie idly or at ease; to indulge in laziness; to skulk → c1330 obs.
► MOOCH OFF to laze around → 1920s US sl.
► MULL to proceed in a lazy or aimless manner; to dawdle, to loaf; to move sluggishly → 1879 Amer. dial.
► NIGGER AROUND (derogatory) to idle, to be lazy → 1966 Amer. dial.
► SCAWT ABOUT to skulk, to be lazy or idle; to stand or walk about doing nothing → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCOOT to go about in a lazy, idle manner → 1866 Sc.
► SICK OF THE FEVER BURDEN to be bone lazy → 16C sl.
► SICK OF THE IDLE CRICK AND THE BELLY-WORK IN THE HEEL to be bone lazy → c1670
► SLACK to be lazy; to avoid work → 1904 sl.
► SLING ON THE SLACK ROPE to be lazy → 19C Eng. dial.
► SLING THE HATCHET to be lazy → 1869 Eng. dial.
► SLOB ► SLOB OUT to behave in a lazy, slovenly manner → 1999 UK sl.
► TAISTER to dodge work, to slack, to be lazy → 1893 Sc. obs.
► TARLE to work lazily, to be of a lazy disposition → 1866 Sc. obs.
► TARLOCH to go about in a lazy manner → 1866 Sc.
► WACK AROUND to act lazily → 1980s US students’ sl.