(Time Management attempters beware: This is not an especially helpful post.) :)
So have you heard that there are so many (it's questionable how many) more words in Inuit for snow than in English? Or that in Ireland, they've got a reputed 45 shades of green?
Well, in the English language...
Idler, bludger (yes it's more than just a quiddle ball from Harry Potter...), wastrel, dawdler, a loaf or loafer, a lag or laggard, a trifler, procrastinator, slowpoke, dallier, goof-off, fiddler, slug or sluggard, ne'er-do-well, faineant, good-for-nothing or good-for-naught, goldbrick, ragabrash, layabout, nonstarter, slouch, slacker, etc etc etc....
My favorites were:
Dringle: Somebody who likes to waste time.
Quiddler: One who wastes his energy about trifles. (That's me!)
Boondoggler: A person who spends time on an unnecessary or wasteful project or activity.
Zombie (really!): Not only is it a revived corpse, but someone 'who looks or behaves like an automaton'. (Oh, it's also a tall mixed drink made of various rums, liqueur, and fruit juice. Unambitious and tasty!)
Also (since I was already on this tangent), did you know that the longest non-medical word in the English language is FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION? It means means "the act of estimating as worthless". (Such as, I found this post floccinaucinihilipilificatious. Floccinaucinihilipilificate. Um, ...floccinaucinahilipilificating? Oh, you know what I mean...)
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