bed rot
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To lie in bed without engaging in activities, especially as a form of self-care (either adaptive or maladaptive).
Example Sentences
- "You are quite capable of coping with the world — you’re not hiding from responsibility or commitments — but you don’t fancy it right now and have nothing to prove to anyone. You can bed rot for hours, days, or even a full weekend."
- "The experts said that it’s OK to bed rot as long as you take some precautions to protect your mental and physical health."
- "Sam (Rachel Sennott) is depressed. Dissociative and disconnected, she spends her days bed-rotting, microwaving lunch meat and searching her name on Twitter."
- "“Bed rotting” is the act of doing essentially anything, but in the comfort of your bed, and for an extended period of time (we’re talking hours, if not days). A “bed rot” day is a day spent in bed, not necessarily napping but doing whatever feels right — watching movies, reading, scrolling social media, performing a 37-step skincare routine ... whatever your heart desires."
- "Problems emerge, of course, when you do the bed rot excessively. […] Another problem is when you are doing the bed rot to avoid doing something."
- "Don’t hurkle-durkle your way into bed-rot territory. Enjoying the comfort of your bed to read a few chapters of your book is one thing, but lazing about watching repeats of Sex and the City for six hours straight is less self-care and more self-sabotage."