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  • noun Alternative spelling of lounge lizard.

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Examples

  • Our choice is either to condemn her for standing by her creep despite his lounge-lizard infidelities -- the prevailing wisdom -- or excuse her for standing by her creep because she's terminally ill and deserves our pity.

    Dijon mustard, Elizabeth Edwards, steroids, and other non-opinions 2009

  • If only to illustrate that I am useful for more than lounge-lizard renditions of Mahler's 2nd, I will concur with Matthew that ignoration is in the OED and has a use fitting for most things that pass for political dialog these days: Ignoration of the Elench -- and anglicized version of ignoratio elenchi, which is the logical fallacy of refuting an argument that was not made or is irrelevant to its professed purpose.

    Signal to noise Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • I remember the opening credits, with lounge-lizard music and three sets of cartoon legs, the names of cast members flipping by, accordion-style, between cartoon hands.

    Victor Ozols: "Fair Wind to Java" at Tribeca: Saturday Afternoon at the Movies 2008

  • There was room for the medico as well as the star in the oversize flamingo-pink suit Vandross wore (with matching lounge-lizard boots) to a pre-Grammy whammy at the Plaza Hotel.

    A Grand Night For Singing 2008

  • Part of the campy fascination of Diamonds is that it's half Goldfinger pastiche and half elements that the producers kinda sorta thought were popular but didn't really understand; in trying to make Bond more appealing to the American market, they wound up giving the picture a Rat Pack-ish lounge-lizard feel that hadn't been hip in America for years.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2008

  • There was room for the medico as well as the star in the oversize flamingo-pink suit Vandross wore (with matching lounge-lizard boots) to a pre-Grammy whammy at the Plaza Hotel.

    A Grand Night For Singing 2008

  • Part of the campy fascination of Diamonds is that it's half Goldfinger pastiche and half elements that the producers kinda sorta thought were popular but didn't really understand; in trying to make Bond more appealing to the American market, they wound up giving the picture a Rat Pack-ish lounge-lizard feel that hadn't been hip in America for years.

    The Best Worst Bond Movie Jaime J. Weinman 2008

  • But whatever you think of their wholesome lounge-lizard act, you've got to admit that both were and are extremely talented entertainers.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2007

  • But whatever you think of their wholesome lounge-lizard act, you've got to admit that both were and are extremely talented entertainers.

    WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN? [Re-Post] Jaime J. Weinman 2007

  • Looking fit and focused at 60, Mr. Stamp plays an aging Cockney thug who, after nine years in a British prison, flies to Los Angeles to avenge the death of his daughter, who may or may not have been killed by her boyfriend, a middle-aged record producer played with slick, reptilian charm and laid-back, lounge-lizard Hollywood style by Mr. Fonda, who is looking pretty well-preserved himself for one of the industry's favorite hell-raisers.

    What Han Solo Had Is Now Gone ��� Crucifixion of a Cross-Dresser 1999

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