sofa-surfv.
/ˈsəʊfəˌsəːf/, U.S. /ˈsoʊfəˌsərf/ colloquial (chiefly British).
1. intransitive. To engage in passive and sedentary activities such as watching television. Cf. couch surf v. 1.
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1993 Observer 3 Jan. 5/1 How can travelling still retain the meaning it had for Victorians? Better, perhaps, to sofa-surf like an old Zen monk than to add to the mad crosscurrents of motion that whip around the planet.
2011 Times 1 Feb. (Body & Soul section) 11/4 While your needs [while training for a marathon] are higher than someone who lolls around sofa-surfing all day, if you want to maintain your weight, you need to carefully monitor your intake of food.
2020 @lbeldreams 19 May in twitter.com (accessed 09 Sept. 2020) Torn between forcing myself to go for a walk to the shops because we need milk or being lazy. I can be lazy & continue to sofa surf & on the other side I could buy more chocolate & sweets to accompany my sofa surfing.
2. intransitive. To sleep overnight on a sofa (or in similar makeshift accommodation) as a house guest; spec. to stay as a temporary guest in successive households, esp. in the absence of permanent accommodation. Cf. couch surf v. 2.In quot. 1994 in figurative use.
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1994 Gazette (Montreal) 4 June c2/2 We don't ask for passports when an album this convincing, this flat-out tuneful shows up at the door with an overnight bag asking to sofa-surf for the weekend. We invite it in and hope it stays as long as possible.
1998 Guardian 11 June 6/7 After a family breakdown, Mandy..was often left to sofa-surf between friends' houses.
2019 B. Evaristo Girl Woman Other (2020) i. 34 She couldn't afford commercial rents and wasn't eligible for subsidized housing. Amma sofa surfed until she was offered someone's spare room.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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v.1993