(noun) When you're doing work that's not the work you should be doing, but instead of just procrastinating you're being semi-productive and doing something that's not really important but still relates to your task.
also: (verb) to semi-productively procrastinate
Similar to pro-crastination, but not nearly as productive. Different in that semi-productive procrastination is still about what you should be doing, and can actually lead to what you should be doing.
Similar to productive procrastination, but different in that when you semi-productively procrastinate, what you're doing still relates a little to what you SHOULD be doing but just isn't it.
also: (verb) to semi-productively procrastinate
Similar to pro-crastination, but not nearly as productive. Different in that semi-productive procrastination is still about what you should be doing, and can actually lead to what you should be doing.
Similar to productive procrastination, but different in that when you semi-productively procrastinate, what you're doing still relates a little to what you SHOULD be doing but just isn't it.
kid 1: "Hey are you working on that soc. paper due tomorrow?"
kid 2: "Kinda. I've spent the last hour making an outline for what we're supposed to be writing about."
kid 1: "He didn't ask for an outline."
kid 2: "Yeah I know. I'm semi-productively procrastinating."
parent: "Stop procrastinating on your book report!"
kid: "It's not procrastination -- I'm just reading the book first and then answering the questions."
parent: "Instead of answering as you read?"
kid: "It's SEMI-PRODUCTIVE procrastination."
kid 2: "Kinda. I've spent the last hour making an outline for what we're supposed to be writing about."
kid 1: "He didn't ask for an outline."
kid 2: "Yeah I know. I'm semi-productively procrastinating."
parent: "Stop procrastinating on your book report!"
kid: "It's not procrastination -- I'm just reading the book first and then answering the questions."
parent: "Instead of answering as you read?"
kid: "It's SEMI-PRODUCTIVE procrastination."
by LivingIt September 22, 2010
Get the semi-productive procrastination mug.Activity that consists in putting off important activities regadless of its importance due to lazyness or incompetence. The individual that procastinates usually just doesn't feel like getting the activity done and postpones it for a later date, always being able to find a perfect justification for doing so.
dude 1: hey dude, I really have to get this paper done today but what the heck!! I have enough time to do it tomorrow, it's a cakewalk... let's go look for some party!
dude 2: Dude, you are the master of procastination!!
dude 2: Dude, you are the master of procastination!!
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"no man, i let procrasterbation get to me and i forgot all about it"
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Get the procrasterbation mug.(noun) A veritable virtuoso of avoidance. A diabolical mastermind at delaying not just mere tedious tasks, but critical life advancing decisions.
Once a promising film student and writer, Jonathan lost his motivation, quit school and squandered years of his life working in bars and restaurants. When this failed to get him far enough away from his goal of one day making a feature film, the master 'procrastitician' took a job teaching english in Morocco where he has has been for the past five years. He is currently considering planning to plan to start writing his first script later this year.
by Jonathan McConnell February 17, 2009
Get the procrastitician mug.A disease caused by the IB Program that causes students to wait until the last possible minute to do extreme amounts of work in impossibly short periods of time. Side effects include BSing, cheating, insomnia, and regret. Unfortunately, it's addicting, and students cannot break this vicous cycle.
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I shouldn't have procrastinated! I have 24 hours to finish the 30 photobook pages I was supposed to be working on for the past two years!
As I'm making this Urban Dictionary entry, I should be writing the 10 minute IB Individual Spanish Oral I have in 9 hours. =)
I shouldn't have procrastinated! I have 24 hours to finish the 30 photobook pages I was supposed to be working on for the past two years!
As I'm making this Urban Dictionary entry, I should be writing the 10 minute IB Individual Spanish Oral I have in 9 hours. =)
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s - adjective: 1. active, continuous and seemingly unending procrastination that affects productive work in detrimental ways. 2. doing everything else except your work despite impending deadlines.
s - adjective: 1. active, continuous and seemingly unending procrastination that affects productive work in detrimental ways. 2. doing everything else except your work despite impending deadlines.
i'm so procrastinaceous.
writing term paper, while watching basketball, surfing hi5 and facebook and checking email, (add favourite distraction here) etc
writing term paper, while watching basketball, surfing hi5 and facebook and checking email, (add favourite distraction here) etc
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