duvet day

English

Noun

duvet day (plural duvet days)

  1. A day spent at home, ostensibly in bed, and sanctioned by one's employer/school, when one is feeling stressed or fragile.
    • 1966. Financial Times:
      To staff at Text 100Italic, a PR company, there is a third option. They can take a "duvet day". Each employee is allowed two days a year when they can play hookey with their employer's blessing.
    • 2001. Usenet newsgroup uk.local.london, March 2001:
      The news server at Demon has decided to have a duvet day today.
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