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cocooning

co·coo·ning

US/kʌˈkunɪŋ/ uncommon

noun

1.

retreating to the seclusion of your home (as for privacy or escape)

Origin

The sense of staying in one's home was coined by American futurologist Faith Popcorn in 1981.

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