the.com/chaise lounge
A chair and a bed had one argument too few and compromised.
means A long reclining chair meant for stretching your legs out while you sit — half sofa, half seat, fully committed to lounging.
from From French 'chaise longue,' literally 'long chair.' English speakers, hearing 'longue' and thinking of what the thing was obviously for, respelled it 'lounge' — a folk-etymology swap that stuck so well it's now the standard American spelling, even though it has nothing to do with the French word for lounging.
- real name
- actually chaise longue, French for long chair
- mangled english
- americans swapped longue for lounge, and it stuck
- purpose
- designed for sitting with legs up, not sleeping
- status symbol
- once signaled you had rooms to spare