Definitions
Etymologies
- Origin unknown. (Wiktionary)
- Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“No longer content to lollygag at tailgate picnics or stroll through campus ogling the foliage, a growing number of former cheerleaders, some well into their 80s, are dusting off the pom-pons and squeezing into old uniforms to show today 's college "spirit squads" how it used to be done in the old days.”
“No time to lollygag in bed if you want to see and all the sights.”
The Huffington Post: Mickey Goodman: Family Fun - 48-Hours in St. Augustine, Florida
“These lame-brain lawmakers, faced with a multitude of serious national issues, choose to lollygag into trivial non-binding nonsense.”
“Do you honestly have NOTHING better else to do then lollygag around negative Adam Lambert comments???”
“This didn't take up much time, and I was free to lollygag, which I took full advantage of.”
“I remind myself that I can take as long as I want; it's OK to lollygag looking at all the different kinds of paprika or salami.”
The Huffington Post: Notes of a Temporary Ex-Pat #2 (Week One)
“The unemployed lollygag on public assistance, paid for by hardworking Americans.”
The Huffington Post: Michael B. Laskoff: Doing Better Than Barack
“Commodore Beamington Photonray (no that's no good either) doesn't lollygag at anything less than C, as in the square root of E/M. (footnote)”
“Thunderstorms don't sneak up on us; they lollygag.”
“After watching MLS teams lollygag through the CCL last year I like to see that.”
Massive let down(s); Massive game; Massive overuse of the word Massive!
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lollygag’.
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Very Silly Words
A list of very silly sounding words, as well as words that are fun to say
badot, gardyloo, dingbat, gaffer, kine, haberdashery, forsooth, whey-faced, hoddypeak, brouhaha, widdershins, decemnovenarianize and 115 more...
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old timey talk
Words or Sayings from the 1920's or whatever that no one really uses anymore (at least in that context).
scram, bearcat, heavens to betsy, dick, double-cross, ducky, gams, goofy, hooch, jalopy, john, joe and 174 more...
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All The Words
I enjoy collecting words, for I have no fear of them ever running out.
anacoluthon, defenestration, hypnopomp, hypnagogue, idioglossia, panopticon, tatterdemalion, abalone, caltrop, miasma, paroxysm, smalt and 476 more...
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ecbrenner's list
flatline, luddism, apocalipstick, muttsucker, leviathan of fore..., flint, coryphaeus, donnybrook, bandwidth, bagpipe the mizen, cheesed off, asterism and 525 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
thunderfuck, incredible, merp, sara, flopparoo, smother, fugly, buer, plum, canny, nefelibata, cuntbucket and 1972 more... -
generationnext's Words
petulant, vehement, pensive, lascivious, vacillate, histrionic, satiated, svelte, lithe, zeitgeist, viscous, sommelier and 526 more...
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word tank
a couple words
logolepsy, nefarious, quintessential, tintinnabulation, serendipity, rhapsody, palimpsest, panoply, mellifluous, imbue, loquacious, garrulous and 174 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, L
lisle, lahar, loupe, labret, latten, luster, lagomorph, lamentation, limicole, lunge, lobtail, latifolious and 182 more...
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Slang words of Irish origin according...
Compare the etymologies of these words as given in the OED with the Gaelic backgrounders in this book, How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads (Counterpunch, 2007). Awai...
smack, snazzy, pussy, geek, dork, dude, smudge, snap, slugger, slum, scam, slew and 102 more...
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Vocab++
Words as I learn them.
fetid, mezzanine, hiatus, austerity, subliminal, resplendent, implacable, impugn, debase, exiguous, cirque, holster and 2538 more...
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Favorite Words
i love words.
ricochet, clavicle, etymology, equivocate, decoupage, dillydally, effervescent, flimflam, haberdashery, hullabaloo, debacle, juxtapose and 210 more...
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Tuesday words
just the next words that come along
nasality, transignification, lapsarian, disciple, slanguage, atwitter, avast, ahoy, asleep, awake, hymnody, glissade and 573 more...
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Words of Whimsy & Grace
abecedary, addendum, ampersand, anachronism, avuncular, balderdash, barnacle, befuddle, behemoth, bejeebers, blabbermouth, blatherskite and 465 more...
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favorite words
sawbones, grackle, celadon, brio, loam, trull, mint, saliva, serape, frisson, impasto, reek and 547 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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Negative
caitiff, valetudinarian, fell, whiffler, attercop, Shaitan, Jezebel, desultory, panjandrum, limmer, cockalorum, laodicean and 91 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for lollygag.
monkeyteacher This is what Facebook should REALLY be called. Aug 21, 2009