duvet day

duvet day (plural duvet days)

1. A day spent at home, ostensibly in bed, and sanctioned by one's employer/school, when one is feeling stressed or fragile.
   • 1966, Financial Times:

     To staff at Text 100Italic, a PR company, there is a third option. They can take a "duvet day". Each employee is allowed two days a year when they can play hookey with their employer's blessing.

   • 2001 March, uk.local.london, Usenet:

     The news server at Demon has decided to have a duvet day today.

   • 2021 July 9, Hannah Jane Parkinson, “The sickie may be a guilty pleasure, but sometimes you just need a duvet day”, in The Guardian‎, ISSN 0261-3077:

     For the most part, I loved school. But this didn’t stop me also loving duvet days. Every kid knows the tricks used to hoodwink parents.

• lie-in