lazy
Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
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Born ~1540 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
My cute patoot Arisen and lazy lame pawn (◡‿◡✿) #DragonsDogma2 #DD2 #ドラゴンズドグマ2 #DragonsDogma
Tony - You can't just rhyme "masses" with "masses", you lazy bugger Ozzy - Of course you can — they're two different masses... es" Tony - You could have gone with hairy asses, yoga classes...
the one near us is basically the "man i dont wanna cook dinner tonight" spot since they always give us relatively good coupons, 2 whole whopper meals for less than 20 bucks is like the meal of champions when you're lazy
I need to quit being FUCKING LAZY and fucking make an A03 and then just dump literally every single fucking thing I've ever written on there. All the Kidnapped, all the Roomies, I've written YEARS WORTH OF SHIT...
*richest man in the world* *literally owns Twitter* *too lazy to buy a burner phone for his weird alt accounts*
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Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
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Showing a lack of effort or care.
“i'm way too lazy and fickle to stay consistent with gender”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Ok, "lazy titan" who's really, really lazy indeed, really, really can't stand criticism of his idol. Blocked now, no problem, no great loss. 🙂”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Writing Tip: A twist for the sake of a twist is lazy writing. Twists should have a purpose. It should shift the reader's understanding of the narrative, or the tone or theme. It should be more than just 'shocking'. It needs a purpose to be there. #writing #writingtips #Booksky”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I don’t want another Tory in a very poor Lib Dem disguise It’s bad enough that we have that lazy entitled transphobic, racist buffoon MacDonald #VoteSNP”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Looks like this is the muriKKKa that muriKKKans created by default. Too lazy to do anything political, as if voting every four years actually meant anything.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
Get out of bed, you lazy lout!
Lazy means: Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
lazy means: Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself. A formal-English equivalent (a synonym or descriptive phrase) is usually safer in writing. When in doubt, paraphrase rather than reuse the slang form.
“My cute patoot Arisen and lazy lame pawn (◡‿◡✿) #DragonsDogma2 #DD2 #ドラゴンズドグマ2 #DragonsDogma”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Tony - You can't just rhyme "masses" with "masses", you lazy bugger Ozzy - Of course you can — they're two different masses... es" Tony - You could have gone with hairy asses, yoga classes...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“the one near us is basically the "man i dont wanna cook dinner tonight" spot since they always give us relatively good coupons, 2 whole whopper meals for less than 20 bucks is like the meal of champions when you're lazy”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I need to quit being FUCKING LAZY and fucking make an A03 and then just dump literally every single fucking thing I've ever written on there. All the Kidnapped, all the Roomies, I've written YEARS WORTH OF SHIT...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“*richest man in the world* *literally owns Twitter* *too lazy to buy a burner phone for his weird alt accounts*”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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