Words or expressions used around here about a very slow person: “What’s keeping him? He certainly is ________!”
| SLOWPOKE | 324 |
| POKY | 128 |
| SLOW | 84 |
| SLOW AS MOLASSES | 84 |
| SLOW AS MOLASSES IN JANUARY | 62 |
| SLOW AS A SNAIL | 35 |
| LAZY | 34 |
| SLOW AS CHRISTMAS | 28 |
| TAKING HIS TIME | 26 |
| NR | 21 |
| SLOW AS COLD MOLASSES | 16 |
| SLOWER THAN MOLASSES IN JANUARY | 14 |
| SLOW AS SEVEN-YEAR ITCH | 13 |
| DAWDLER | 11 |
| SLOW AS MOLASSES IN WINTER | 10 |
| SLOW AS THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH | 8 |
| POKE | 7 |
| SLOW AS MOSES | 7 |
| SLOWER THAN THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH | 7 |
| SNAIL | 7 |
| DRAGGY | 6 |
| LAGGARD | 5 |
| SLOWER THAN MOLASSES | 5 |
| SLOWPOKY | 5 |
| DRAGGING HIS FEET | 4 |
| LATE | 4 |
| MODERATE | 4 |
| MOPE | 4 |
| SLOW AS A TURTLE | 4 |
| SLOW AS MUD | 4 |
| SLOWER THAN HELL | 4 |
| SLOWER THAN THE SECOND COMING | 4 |
| STICK-IN-THE-MUD | 4 |
| TOO SLOW TO CATCH COLD | 4 |
| AWFULLY SLOW | 3 |
| DAWDLING | 3 |
| DRAG | 3 |
| DRAGGING HIS ASS | 3 |
| MOPY | 3 |
| POKING AROUND | 3 |
| SLOW AS A COW’S TAIL | 3 |
| SLOW AS A TERRAPIN | 3 |
| SLOW AS HELL | 3 |
| SLOW AS MOLASSES RUNNING UPHILL | 3 |
| SLOW AS THE DEVIL | 3 |
| TAKING HIS OWN TIME | 3 |
| TRIFLING | 3 |
| ALWAYS LATE | 2 |
| AS SLOW AS CHRISTMAS | 2 |
| CREEPING | 2 |
| DEADHEAD | 2 |
| DELIBERATE | 2 |
| DILLYDALLYING | 2 |
| DRAGGING | 2 |
| DRAGGING HIS HEELS | 2 |
| EASY-GOING | 2 |
| FOOLING AROUND | 2 |
| KILLING TIME | 2 |
| LAZY FELLOW | 2 |
| LIKE A SNAIL | 2 |
| LOAFER | 2 |
| MOPING | 2 |
| OLD SLOWPOKE | 2 |
| PLODDER | 2 |
| POKE-EASY | 2 |
| PROCRASTINATOR | 2 |
| SLEEPY | 2 |
| SLOW AS METHUSELAH | 2 |
| SLOW AS POND WATER | 2 |
| SLOW AS TAR | 2 |
| SLOW AS THE ITCH | 2 |
| SLOW AS THE SECOND COMING | 2 |
| SLOW AS THEY MAKE THEM | 2 |
| SLOW ON THE DRAW | 2 |
| SLOW ON THE PICKUP | 2 |
| SLOWER THAN A SNAIL | 2 |
| SLOWER THAN CHRISTMAS | 2 |
| SLOWER THAN MOLASSES IN THE WINTERTIME | 2 |
| SLOWER THAN MOSES | 2 |
| SLOWER THAN THE WRATH OF GOD | 2 |
| SLOW-MOTION | 2 |
| SLOW-MOVING | 2 |
| SLUGGARD | 2 |
| STUPID | 2 |
| TAKING A LONG TIME | 2 |
| TARDY | 2 |
| TIME-KILLER | 2 |
| WASTING TIME | 2 |
| A-FOOLIN’ AROUND | 1 |
| AIN’T GOT NO GET-UP IN HIM | 1 |
| ALL DAY ABOUT COMING | 1 |
| ALWAYS SLOW | 1 |
| AS SLOW AS A SNAIL | 1 |
| AS SLOW AS A TURTLE | 1 |
| AS SLOW AS CREEPING PARALYSIS | 1 |
| AS SLOW AS MR. BLAIR | 1 |
| AS SLOW AS POND WATER | 1 |
| AS SLOW AS TAR | 1 |
| AS SLOW AS THE ITCH | 1 |
| AS SLOW AS THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST | 1 |
| ASLEEP ON HIS FEET | 1 |
| ASS-END LOOPING | 1 |
| AT A SNAIL’S PACE | 1 |
| AWFUL SLOW PERSON | 1 |
| BACKWARD | 1 |
| BEHIND TIME | 1 |
| BORN LAZY AND NEVER GOT RESTED | 1 |
| CERTAINLY MOVES SLOW | 1 |
| CLODHOPPER | 1 |
| COLD SYRUP | 1 |
| CREEP | 1 |
| DAMN SLOW | 1 |
| DAWDLED | 1 |
| DAYDREAMING | 1 |
| DEAD BUT DON’T KNOW ENOUGH TO STIFFEN | 1 |
| DESPACIO | 1 |
| DILATORY | 1 |
| DODDERING | 1 |
| DOESN’T MOVE VERY FAST | 1 |
| DON’T MOVE ONCE A WEEK | 1 |
| DON’T MOVE VERY FAST | 1 |
| DOODLER | 1 |
| DOPE | 1 |
| DRAG AROUND LIKE DEAD LICE WAS DROPPING OFF OF HIM | 1 |
| DRAGABOUT | 1 |
| DRAGGING ALONG | 1 |
| DRAGGING HIS ASHEE | 1 |
| DRAGS HIS FEET | 1 |
| DRIP | 1 |
| DULL | 1 |
| EASYGOING | 1 |
| FIDDLING AROUND | 1 |
| FORGETFUL | 1 |
| FUCK-OFF | 1 |
| GLUE-FOOT | 1 |
| GOES AT A SNAIL’S PACE | 1 |
| GOING AT A SNAIL’S PACE | 1 |
| GOT LEAD IN HIS ASS | 1 |
| GOT THE SLOW DRAG | 1 |
| HAVE TO SET STAKES TO KNOW HE’S MOVING | 1 |
| IDLING | 1 |
| IDLING ON THE JOB | 1 |
| IN SLOW MOTION | 1 |
| INCONSIDERATE | 1 |
| INDIFFERENT | 1 |
| INDOLENT | 1 |
| ITCH | 1 |
| JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS | 1 |
| JUST NATURALLY SLOW | 1 |
| LACKADAISICAL | 1 |
| LACKSADAISICAL | 1 |
| LAGGER | 1 |
| LAGGING | 1 |
| LAGGING BEHIND | 1 |
| LALLYGAGGER | 1 |
| LARD ASS | 1 |
| LAYING OUT | 1 |
| LAZIER THAN SIN | 1 |
| LAZIER THAN SUNRAYS | 1 |
| LAZY AS HELL | 1 |
| LAZY PERSON | 1 |
| LIFELESS | 1 |
| LIKE COAL TAR RUNNING UP A HILL | 1 |
| LIKE MOLASSES | 1 |
| LIKE MOLASSES IN JANUARY | 1 |
| LIKE THE DEAD LICE IS A-FALLING OFF HIM | 1 |
| LOAFING | 1 |
| MIGHTY SLOW | 1 |
| MISSING THE BOAT | 1 |
| MOPES ABOUT | 1 |
| MOVES LIKE A SNAIL | 1 |
| MOVES LIKE DEAD LICE ARE FALLING OFF OF HIM | 1 |
| MOVING AT A SNAIL’S PACE | 1 |
| MULISH | 1 |
| NEEDS AN EGG BEATER UP HIS REAR END … | 1 |
| NEVER IN A HURRY | 1 |
| NEVER’S ON TIME | 1 |
| NOT ENERGETIC | 1 |
| NOT ON THE BALL | 1 |
| NOT UP AND GOING | 1 |
| NOT UP ON HIS TOES | 1 |
| NOT VERY PUNCTUAL | 1 |
| NUDDLY | 1 |
| OVERDUE | 1 |
| POKE-ALONG | 1 |
| POKING | 1 |
| PRETTY MODERATE | 1 |
| PROCRASTINATING | 1 |
| PROCRASTINATION | 1 |
| PUDDLER | 1 |
| PUSSY-FOOTING AROUND | 1 |
| QUIET | 1 |
| REG’LAR OLD FUSSBUDGET | 1 |
| REGULAR POCAHONTAS | 1 |
| REGULAR SLOWPOKE | 1 |
| RETARDED | 1 |
| SET IN MOLASSES | 1 |
| SHIFTLESS | 1 |
| SLACK OF SPEED | 1 |
| SLIPPING | 1 |
| SLOTHFUL | 1 |
| SLOVENLY | 1 |
| SLOW AND LAZY | 1 |
| SLOW AND THOUGHTLESS | 1 |
| SLOW AS A BURRO | 1 |
| SLOW AS A DUMB WATCH | 1 |
| SLOW AS A GOPHER | 1 |
| SLOW AS A MOOSE IN LOW | 1 |
| SLOW AS A MULE | 1 |
| SLOW AS A OX | 1 |
| SLOW AS A PEA-TURKEY | 1 |
| SLOW AS A SEVEN-YEARS’ ITCH | 1 |
| SLOW AS A TORTOISE | 1 |
| SLOW AS ADAM’S OFF OX | 1 |
| SLOW AS ALL GET-OUT | 1 |
| SLOW AS ALL OUTDOORS | 1 |
| SLOW AS AN OLD TURTLE | 1 |
| SLOW AS BLACK MOLASSES | 1 |
| SLOW AS BROWNIAN MOVEMENT | 1 |
| SLOW AS CAN BE | 1 |
| SLOW AS CHRISTMAS COMING | 1 |
| SLOW AS COAL TAR | 1 |
| SLOW AS COLD MOLASSES RUNNING UP A HILL IN JANUARY | 1 |
| SLOW AS COLD TAR | 1 |
| SLOW AS COLD TAR RUNNING UP A HILL | 1 |
| SLOW AS CREAM A-RISING | 1 |
| SLOW AS DEATH | 1 |
| SLOW AS FLEAS FALLING OFF A DEAD DOG | 1 |
| SLOW AS FOG OFF OF SHIT | 1 |
| SLOW AS GOUGE | 1 |
| SLOW AS HE CAN BE | 1 |
| SLOW AS HOLY MOSES | 1 |
| SLOW AS ITCH | 1 |
| SLOW AS LAZARUS | 1 |
| SLOW AS MARCH | 1 |
| SLOW AS MOLASSES AT CHRISTMAS | 1 |
| SLOW AS MOLASSES GOING UPHILL IN JANUARY | 1 |
| SLOW AS MOLASSES IN THE WINTERTIME | 1 |
| SLOW AS MOLASSES IN WINTERTIME | 1 |
| SLOW AS MOLASSES ON A COLD MORNING | 1 |
| SLOW AS MOLASSES RUNNING UPHILL IN JANUARY | 1 |
| SLOW AS MOONSHINE | 1 |
| SLOW AS OLD METHUSALUM | 1 |
| SLOW AS SECOND-YEAR ITCH | 1 |
| SLOW AS SEVEN-YEARS’ ITCH | 1 |
| SLOW AS SORGHUM MOLASSES | 1 |
| SLOW AS THE DICKENS | 1 |
| SLOW AS THE HILLS | 1 |
| SLOW AS THE MOON RISING | 1 |
| SLOW AS THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST | 1 |
| SLOW AS THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH | 1 |
| SLOW AS THICK MOLASSES | 1 |
| SLOW AS TIME | 1 |
| SLOW BODY | 1 |
| SLOW GETTING AROUND | 1 |
| SLOW ON THE JOB | 1 |
| SLOW ONE | 1 |
| SLOW TALKER | 1 |
| SLOWER THAN A MULE | 1 |
| SLOWER THAN A YEAR COMING | 1 |
| SLOWER THAN AN OX | 1 |
| SLOWER THAN COAL TAR | 1 |
| SLOWER THAN COAL TAR MOVING UP A HILL AT CHRISTMAS TIME | 1 |
| SLOWER THAN COLD TAR | 1 |
| SLOWER THAN KINGDOM COME | 1 |
| SLOWER THAN KINGDOM TO COME | 1 |
| SLOWER THAN METHUSELAH | 1 |
| SLOWER THAN NED | 1 |
| SLOWER THAN STOCK-STILL | 1 |
| SLOWER THAN TAR | 1 |
| SLOWER THAN TAR UPHILL | 1 |
| SLOWER THAN THE ITCH | 1 |
| SLOWER THAN THE NINETY-DAY ITCH | 1 |
| SLOWER THAN THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST | 1 |
| SLOWER THAN TIME | 1 |
| SLOWFUL | 1 |
| SLOWING UP | 1 |
| SLOW-MINDED | 1 |
| SLUGGISH | 1 |
| SNAIL’S PACE | 1 |
| STEP-AND-FETCH-IT | 1 |
| STOGY | 1 |
| STUMBLEBUM | 1 |
| TAKING HIS OWN SWEET TIME | 1 |
| TEDIOUS | 1 |
| TIRED OUT FROM DOING NOTHING | 1 |
| TOO SLOW TO CATCH A COLD | 1 |
| TOO SLOW TO CATCH THE ITCH | 1 |
| TOO SLOW TO CATCH THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH | 1 |
| TOO SLOW TO FALL FAST | 1 |
| TORTUGA | 1 |
| TRIAL TO PATIENCE | 1 |
| TURTLE | 1 |
| UNCONCERNED | 1 |
| VERY SLOW | 1 |
| WEARY FROM WELL-DOING | 1 |
| WORSE THAN MOLASSES | 1 |
| YOU HAVE TO MARK A SPOT TO SEE IF HE’S MOVING | 1 |
| “YOU MAY RUST OUT, BUT YOU’LL NEVER WEAR OUT” | 1 |
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