sofa
n.— «In 1961 the one piece of miscasting in Chancellor’s career took place when he was made host of NBC’s morning programme Today. Although he did the job competently, he did not possess much warmth and was clearly uncomfortable with the show’s soft, “sofa” format.» —“John Chancellor—Obituary” Times (London, England) July 15, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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