duvet day

plural duvet days

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

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

   2001 March, uk.local.london (Usenet)

   2 more examples

   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.

   1966, Financial Times

   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.

   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