An imaginary term used to describe how a procrastinator avoid doing important tasks.
Often it is though of as whenever the rational decision maker wants to make a goodchoice like doing homework the monkey takes the wheel and makes the person procrastinate
Joe:hey don't you have a really important project due?
Henry:yea well my instant gratification monkey wants me to look through India through google earth!
Joe:well don't blame me I you end up flipping burgers for a living!
When law enforcement officers unreasonably require that their commands be followed immediately and without hesitation. Almost all police abuse and killings stem from this inability to be patient, deescalate, and just listen to people first.
Instant Gratification Policing can happen when police say: "Turn around!" or "Put your hands behind your back!" or "Get on your knees!"
The feeling one gets the day that eight very tall pallets of SOD are so perfectly installed all around your yard that you now have a gorgeous lawn whereas the day before you had basically a pile of dirt.
Yesterday... a dust bowl. Today a luscious fairway of a lawn... Ahhhh.... the sweet sweet smell of INSTANT GRASSIFICATION......
n. software that is no longer sold or supported by the original publisher / developer, often found as free downloads on the internet because it cannot be obtained elsewhere. Not legal, but often seen as morally acceptable because the company that made it is no longer selling the title, nor releasing it as freeware, therefore abandonware is "keeping the gamealive", so to speak.
Doom II is not abandonware because idstill sells it, while The Incredible Machine is not sold, therefore is abandonware.