Re: What's the word for...

Subject: Re: What's the word for...
From: Dossy Shiobara <dossy -at- panoptic -dot- com>
To: "McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>, techwr-l List <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:55:13 -0400

On 7/6/09 4:48 PM, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote:
> > What's the word for lying on one's side or sleeping on one's side?
>
> Lie back and gaze at the stars (or the ceiling) and you are supine.
> Lie face down, and you are prone.
>
> Lie on one side or the other and you are.... are..... are..... what, again?

Apparently, Wikipedia thinks it's "lying" --

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lying_%28position%29

Perhaps you're fishing for "recumbent" ... ?

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