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Narrator: Today's word is "Slouch" — verb, pronounced /slaʊtʃ/, with the stress on "slouch".
Narrator: To slouch is to sit, stand or walk with your shoulders bent forward in a lazy way.
Narrator: In plain English, slump.
Narrator: Its origin is uncertain, perhaps from an old word for a lazy fellow.
Narrator: A common collocation is "slouch in your chair", which describes slumping.
Narrator: It differs from "lean", because slouch suggests poor posture.
Narrator: In a second sense, "no slouch" means someone skilled, as in "she's no slouch at chess".
Narrator: Health, ergonomics, parenting and idioms use the word.
Narrator: So remember: don't slouch, but be no slouch.
Speaker A: Why does your back ache?
Speaker B: I SLOUCH at my desk! Origin uncertain.
Speaker A: All day?
Speaker B: Eight hours.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Stop slouching", parenting. "He slouched against the wall", fiction. "She's no slouch at maths", praise.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: "No slouch" is praise, not criticism.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Slump is its twin, hunch its cousin, and droop an alternative — yet slouch keeps its lazy charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "slouch" in AI prompts — useful for posture apps and ergonomics.
Speaker A: How for posture?
Speaker B: Detection.
Prompt: Alert the user when the webcam detects they are slouching for ten minutes.
Speaker A: And ergonomics?
Speaker B: Desks.
Prompt: Suggest desk changes that stop me slouching.
Speaker A: Could it help fitness?
Speaker B: Yes, for exercises.
Prompt: List five stretches for people who slouch at work.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Idioms.
Prompt: Explain the phrase no slouch with examples.
Slouch — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary