Talk:lazy

What, praytell, is "lazy port"? :o Tooironic 01:18, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

A port (conversion of a video game to another system) that was done lazily, e.g. omitting features from the original. Equinox ◑ 15:48, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Antonyms

Please put the antonyms--Xan2 (talk) 08:15, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

RFC discussion: November 2009

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lazy

Sense #2 definition & example needs work, as well the translations. Tooironic 01:24, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

"lazy use of language", "lazy manners" and the like

For example: "Overusing the word 'like' is lazy English." I understand that this basically means "bad English", but it's nevertheless a bit strange to me as a non-native speaker of English. I think it's another sense that we don't have yet. Because it can't mean "lazy" in the literal sense. (If anything, using additional, unnecessary words could be called "overeager English", but not "lazy English".) Probably the idea behind these constructions is "too lazy to bother and do it the way I like it". But this is different from the normal idea of "laziness", which includes only general idleness and inaction, but not the refusal to do some very specific thing. 178.4.151.28 05:22, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

I don't see it as very unusual. We have a definition that says "lax", i.e. not careful. Here is an example about thinking: "At best, this is a consequence of a sloppy and lazy approach in recording essentially correct reasoning." Equinox ◑ 12:59, 3 April 2019 (UTC)