laid-back

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laid-back

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From U.S. slang. The verbal phrase lay back is attested from the late 1950s, whereas the adjectival form emerged in print in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Presumably originally a metaphor—literally, “sitting in a tilted‐back chair”, a relaxed posture.

adjective more laid-back · most laid-back

Relaxed and easy‐going; demonstrating an absence of stress or worry. This hit‐writer of the early 60s came out with a highly contemporary style which fitted the fashionable term ‘laid‐back’, and her Tapestry album zoomed up to become one of the three biggest‐selling LPs of all time.
Similar: easygoing, unconcerned, airy, at ease, at peace, carefree, careless, casual, chill, cool, devil-may-care, easy-breezy

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adj relaxed and easy-going

Français	facile à vivre, sympathique, décontracté
Deutsch	locker, lässig, entspannt, unbeschwert
Русский	безмятежный bezmjatežnyj

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@misc{laid_back_2026,
  title = {laid-back},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/laid-back},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}