Why this word is great
MISLIE — [Verb] To lie in an awkward, uncomfortable, or improper manner. From Middle English mislien, mislyen, equivalent to mis- ("badly, wrongly") + lie ("to recline"). Unlike "repose" (which implies tranquil rest) or "sprawl" (which suggests careless abandon), "mislie" carries the quiet indignity of a body at odds with its surroundings. It is the stiff-necked angle of a traveler on a train seat, the insomniac twisted in damp sheets at 3 a.m., or the way a cat will drape itself over a keyboard—not sprawled, not at ease, but stubbornly, pointedly out of place. To mislie is to occupy space as if it were a minor rebellion.