# What do you call a one-person sofa? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 12, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778 "2016-09-12T19:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/41 "2016-09-13T18:47:20Z")
Lay z Boy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/42 "2016-09-13T20:25:01Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I was under the impression that it’s an oversized chair for an oversized person, so it would seat one person comfortably. From experience, they are for one normal sized person, a book and a dog. (They really are awesome). ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/43 "2016-09-13T21:23:18Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I’d argue that the term “armchair” includes such non-sofa-like chairs-with-arms as Aeron chairs, Dante chairs and Adirondack chairs. Nope. Try an image search for “armchair.” ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/44 "2016-09-14T01:07:02Z")
It’s “my chair.” It took a long time to get the ass groove just right, so please get off it. Right now. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/45 "2016-09-14T01:15:21Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Thank you, Cardinal Fang. And here I was ready with the soft cushions. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/46 "2016-09-14T02:09:39Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Is it just me or does anyone else have difficulty shaking the feeling they should be fed grapes by servants while reclining upon these? [Is this you?](http://thecakelies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/CAozN.jpg) > [@kopek](#): > > And here I was ready with the soft cushions. Have you got all the stuffing up one end? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/47 "2016-09-14T06:09:45Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > Nope. Try an image search for “armchair.” Try a [dictionary](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/armchair) [search](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armchair), yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/48 "2016-09-14T06:35:08Z")
Good god almighty. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/49 "2016-09-14T10:36:43Z")
The term I thought of (other than just “chair”) was “overstuffed chair”. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/50 "2016-09-14T11:05:14Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Try a [dictionary](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/armchair) [search](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armchair), yourself. OK. Can you cite anyone dealing in actual furniture using “armchair” to describe the types you mentioned? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/51 "2016-09-14T14:22:42Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > OK. Can you cite anyone dealing in actual furniture using “armchair” to describe the types you mentioned? Of [course](http://www.cotswoldfurniture.com.au/products/armchairs/adirondack-armchair) I [can](http://barlow.worldofteak.co.uk/products/adirondack-armchair--1ada.html). For [all](https://new.liveauctioneers.com/item/11026459_herman-miller-aeron-armchair) of [them](http://www.jzsupplies.com/herman-miller-aeron-armchair-chair-i2950395/). Although the [Dante chair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-chair) is easier to find referenced under the [alternate](https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/armchairs/french-savonarola-armchair-leather-back-seat/id-f_5441343/) [Savonarola](https://www.rubylane.com/item/482733-KYx2e2293/French-Antique-Savonarola-Armchair-Antique-Chair) name. But I hope you will allow that that still stays in the spirit of your challenge, if not the absolute letter. Why you didn’t do your own search before asking me to, I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/52 "2016-09-14T16:22:52Z")
No, I meant “armchair” _only_. If people want Adirondacks, they don’t ask for armchairs, and if they ask for armchairs, they won’t be shown Adirondacks. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/53 "2016-09-14T16:58:58Z")
:: pulls up a chair :: ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/54 "2016-09-14T19:54:14Z")
mmm, I wonder what I’d get if I image-search for “chair made only of goalposts, all on wheels”… ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/55 "2016-09-14T22:39:06Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > mmm, I wonder what I’d get if I image-search for “chair made only of goalposts, all on wheels”… [chair goalposts](http://powersoccershop.com/powerchairsoccergoalposts.aspx) although it wasn’t worth finding or clicking on, truth be told ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/56 "2016-09-14T22:53:14Z")
We call it “The big chair.” But if you are shopping you’ll find it under [“Chair-and-a-half”](https://www.google.com/search?q=chair-and-a-half&rlz=1C1CHZL_enUS685US685&biw=1525&bih=700&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOiorL-Y_PAhUIFT4KHbyLBeUQ_AUIBygC) ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/57 "2016-09-15T19:02:27Z")
Some online retailers use the term["accent chair".](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=accent+chair&t=ffab&iax=1&ia=images) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/58 "2016-09-15T21:51:29Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I would call the kind of comfy armchair or easy chair that looks like a sofa-for-one a [club chair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_chair) This was my choice too. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/59 "2016-09-15T23:25:37Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > [koan]What is the sound of one cushion couching?[/koan] _Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?_ ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778/60 "2016-09-16T01:13:08Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > Some online retailers use the term["accent chair".](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=accent+chair&t=ffab&iax=1&ia=images) Not disagreeing with you, but when I hear “accent chair,” I think of a chair in a foyer that is more decoration then an actual place to sit for more then a moment. I’m more thinking of a club chair or chair-and-a-half (from the posts above.) Peace - DESK [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-one-person-sofa/765778.md?page=4)