lounge lizard

noun

1
2
: fop
3
: a social parasite

Examples of lounge lizard in a Sentence

a slick lounge lizard in a silk suit a balding, paunchy lounge lizard whose days and nights of partying were behind him
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With acid jazz tracks filled with brass horns and lounge lizard rhythm, many found the score counterintuitive to the game’s decidedly epic moment-to-moment action. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2024 Tiffany Townsend and Bernardo Bermudez bring rich-toned gusto to Idleness and Pleasure, here a couple of louche lounge lizards. Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2023 This is a look for a lounge lizard, after all. Aleks Cvetkovic, Robb Report, 7 July 2021 He got involved in the music business, sometimes playing lounge lizard takes on Pink Floyd for hotel bars, sometimes playing in bands. Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023 Repo Man, which marked a rare early film appearance by Morris — briefly seen performing with a lounge lizard version of the Circle Jerks in mismatched tuxedos. Steve Appleford, SPIN, 27 July 2022 Don’t fall for the slick, dandified cake eater — the unpolished gold of a real man is worth more than the gloss of a lounge lizard. Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021 Some of us experience guilt or stress about that kind of thing, but not your faithful lounge lizard. Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 16 Dec. 2020 Democrats have been as willing as Republicans to tango with the rent-reaping lounge lizards. Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of lounge lizard was in 1916

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“Lounge lizard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lounge%20lizard. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.

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