from anu's description of this week's theme, unusual words:

We've coaxed them out of the dictionary -- it's not often that one finds them in the open

tuesday's word was lollygag. is this such an unusual word? it's a word that i think of as quite commonplace. is it just a southern united states thing? are others familiar with this word as well, and if so, why was it chosen as an "unusual word"?

thanks