Lounge
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"As far as lounge music goes, Bernard Parmegiani's 1971 jingle "Indicatif Roissy" for the Charles de Gaulle Airport lounge is at the same time true to its essence and a veritable bastardization of the term and the genre."--Sholem Stein |
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Lounge may refer to:
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Architecture
- Lounge, the living room of a dwelling
- Lounge, a public waiting area in a hotel's lobby
- Lounge, a style of commercial alcohol-bar
- Airport lounge, or train lounge (e.g., AMTRAK's Acela Lounge), a premium waiting area for passengers
- Dome lounge, a type of domed railroad passenger car that includes lounge, cafe, dining or other space on the upper level
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Arts, entertainment, and media
- Book cafe, or lounge
- Piano bar, or lounge
- Lounge music, type of easy listening music popular in the 1950s and 1960s
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Fashion
- Lounge jacket, also called a suit jacket or suit coat, is a jacket in classic menswear that is part of a lounge suit
- Lounge suit, style of suit (clothing)
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Other uses
- Chaise lounge, an English language derivative of the French term chaise longue ("long chair")
- Lounge car, a railroad car selling food and beverages
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See also
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