Vegged

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To spend time in a state of inactivity or relaxation without taking part in any strenuous or engaging activities
2. To indulge in a period of rest, often characterized by minimal physical or mental exertion during leisure hours
3. To lie back and remain inactive, avoiding any effort or work

Etymology: "Vegged" is the past tense of "veg," a verb that means to sit around doing nothing much. The verb itself is a clipping, a shortened form of older words such as "vegetate," which carried the sense of living a dull, passive existence, and it draws a little on "vegetable" in the same way: a person who vegs out is reduced to something like a vegetable, idle and unmoving. The verb was coined in 1948 in a paper in the American Journal of Psychology by Robert S. Harper and S. S. Stevens, who used it in a study of how people behave when they have little to do. Its appearance in a scientific journal is a reminder that the word began as a technical label before drifting into everyday speech.

Synonyms: relaxed, lounged, chilled, unwound

Antonyms: worked, strained, exerted