Anonymous 9d684d1a6c2ff89a8e4c9c430d1e5e63 started this discussion 2 months (2008-10-09 04:04:01 UTC) ago:
I suspect that it means that you are not doing any work and letting others pay for your living? In either case, why the expression "loaf"?
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Anonymous 63dd6b1a8b10ec625f3d8b1e61301459 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 04:07:21 UTC) ago, 3 minutes later (#67,812):
What you describe is more precisely "mooching". Loafing is generally being lazy and resting lying down a lot, I suppose like a loaf of bread.
Anonymous 6984a4043fab588a6af95a89cae98d7d replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 04:25:43 UTC) ago, 18 minutes later (#67,820):
@67,812> What you describe is more precisely "mooching".I would not say so. Mooching is an active act of asking for money, goods, food, etc. Simply not contributing and having others care for you is neither strictly mooching or loafing (I am not sure there is even a slang term for it).
Loafing is simply being lazy/inactive. I can't think of any other possible derivation than relating to a loaf of bread…though one would have to wonder why a LOAF of bread as opposed to any other common and inanimate object.
Anonymous 0256d66fccbd16151ff9ad5cad250ecb replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 04:57:55 UTC) ago, 32 minutes later (#67,830):
To loaf simply means to idle. It can also mean procrastinate or wait. I think it has more to do with the type of shoe than with bread. Also, remember that we call it a "loaf of bread" and not just a loaf, so maybe there are other foods or objects that come in loafs.
Anonymous 63dd6b1a8b10ec625f3d8b1e61301459 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 05:35:43 UTC) ago, 38 minutes later (#67,860):
Merriam-Webster isn't sure but speculates:
"perhaps short for landloafer, modification of German landl*ufer vagabond, tramp, from land + l*ufer runner, walker"
The * are characters that wouldn't copy over.
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