slowcoach
/'sloukoutʃ/
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Definition
Noun: - A person who acts, moves, or works at a slower than average or desired pace; a dawdler. - (Informal) A person who is considered to be old-fashioned or behind the times in their ideas or methods.
Usage
The word "slowcoach" is an informal, slightly old-fashioned, and often affectionate or humorous term. It is used to describe someone who is physically slow in their actions or who is perceived as being mentally slow to understand or adapt. It is more common in British English than American English.
Examples
- Noun:
- Hurry up, you slowcoach! We're going to be late.
- My grandfather is a bit of a slowcoach when it comes to using new technology.
- Don't be such a slowcoach; make a decision!
Advanced Usage
- The term can be used metaphorically to describe institutions or processes perceived as inefficient.
- The planning department is a real slowcoach; our application has been pending for months.
Variants and Related Words
- Slowpoke (noun): The more common equivalent in American English, with the same meaning.
- Come on, slowpoke, keep up!
Synonyms
- Dawdler: Someone who wastes time or lags behind.
- Laggard: A person who makes slow progress and falls behind others.
- Straggler: Someone who falls behind a moving group.
- Sluggard : A habitually lazy person.
Related Idioms
- To be a stick-in-the-mud: A similar idiom for a person who is very slow to accept new ideas or changes.
- He won't try the new software; he's such a stick-in-the-mud.
Noun
- someone who moves slowly
- in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach