logging

logging
 n.— «Manatees, also known as sea cows, can travel as much as 50 miles a day but are also known to laze about. “Some of the people that saw it described what’s known as “logging,” or raising its big back up and swimming extremely slowly.”» —“Florida manatee takes rare New York tour” Reuters Aug. 7, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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