slugabed

slug·a·bed

[sluhg-uh-bed]
noun
a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising.

Origin:
1585–95; slug1 + abed

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slugabed (ˈslʌɡəˌbɛd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a person who remains in bed through laziness
 
[C16: from slug(gard) + abed]

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Slugabed is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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