When you end up unwillingly procrastinating due to other peoples' activities on social media sites like Facebook and waste a lot of time doing something you didn't really want to do/think about doing.
He spent far too long in collateral procrastination while going through the 50 notifications received about comments made on photos taken a while ago.
by ANZ787900 September 07, 2011
1. An advanced form of procrastination wherein a specific task is avoided to complete another equally important task.
2. Avoiding something important by doing something equally important, but where time isn't necessarily a factor.
2. Avoiding something important by doing something equally important, but where time isn't necessarily a factor.
Some examples of 'Executive Procrastination' are:
Avoiding writing an essay by sorting out rent.
Avoiding going to the dentist by going to the gym.
Avoiding writing an essay by sorting out rent.
Avoiding going to the dentist by going to the gym.
by MazaBaza March 30, 2009
by hipbrutus April 22, 2020
John : "Dude, yesterday I was procrastinating doing my term paper by cleaning the house but then I procrastinated that by watching a whole marathon of pawn stars. It was a total procrastination inception!"
Steve : "You're and idiot"
Steve : "You're and idiot"
by Shovel King June 01, 2012
When one finishs a project long before the due date and then forgetting about the project completely.
Reverse procrastination can lead to lack of editing, forgetting the due date, or losing the project completly.
Reverse procrastination can lead to lack of editing, forgetting the due date, or losing the project completly.
I completed a project two months before the due date, but because of reverse procrastination, I forgot where I put it.
by fufulord December 18, 2014
A procrastination purchase, is a an unnecessary purchase of an item for the sole purpose of deviating from a set task or assignment.
Procrastination purchases generally involve online shopping.
Procrastination purchases generally involve online shopping.
I'll take a quick break from my assignment because I really need a new pair of jeans.
*Two hours and 150 dollars later*
Well that was a procrastination purchase, I should really do this essay, it's due tomorrow...
*Two hours and 150 dollars later*
Well that was a procrastination purchase, I should really do this essay, it's due tomorrow...
by RainbowSquiggy April 29, 2012
Performing arguably "useful" searches in a store or on the internet when in fact you're just wasting time and goofing off.
Instead of scouring the bookstore or internet for assistance with his calculus homework, Steve spent untold hours engaged in relevant procrastination researching netbook computers "for his mom".
by fuzzygreysocks May 09, 2010