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An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.

All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.
Origin: From , chayer, chayre, from , chaere, from , from , from κατά + ἕδρα. Partially displaced native stool and settle, which now have more specialised senses.. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Makes sense. I heard "One fucking job!" in a Bengals playoff game when their kicker missed a field goal attempt and fell out of my chair laughing”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Do you keey your eyes open or closed in the dentist's chair? Normally I find a part of the ceiling their head isn't in a stare off into the void but this time I closed my eyes. Not sure if it helped or made it scarier”

    — r/AskUK· Apr 2026
  • “Anyone else remember this creepy ad? Probably early to mid 90s, it was a Bird's Eye (or similar) ad where a family was at a big dinner table. One of the chairs had cuffs that suddenly raised automatically out of the arms and cuffed the person to the chair. Used to scare the shit out of me. Really creepy core memory. Does anyone remember it?”

    — r/AskAnAustralian· Apr 2026
  • “>> Yes. All the way on the chair right”

  • “chair in the face opening. What was it?”

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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

(usually with definite article) The post or position of chairperson.

Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.
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  • “>> chair the whole [laughter] way. The”

  • “chair in the face opening. What was it?”

  • “>> Yes. All the way on the chair right”

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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

(music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.

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  • “The chair I use is called a “SIHOO” mesh chair. You may have to save up a bit for it, but I say it’s worth the wait/price”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Always slumping down is his chair, can he no longer stand, looking like everyone is visiting their old grandfather at the nursing home. The kids look miserable.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “But I'm soooooo lazyyyyy... And this chair is soooo comfortable ;_; I shall..”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Illinois House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch named executive vice-chair of Cook County Democratic Party”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “& yes that's me sitting in a portable chair on the lawn making raspberries at a presidential helicopter flying low AF over our heads”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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