unconventional motivation

The drive to study for tests and quizzes in college so that you can work quickly and leave the testing site as quickly as possible.

Chris: why the hell are you studying?
Billy: Chem is my last class tomorrow, so I want to get out of there as soon as possible. Also, I want to miss the rush of people all turning in their quizzes at the same time.
Chris: Ahh, classis unconventional motivation.

by bc3 October 31, 2008

Procrastinatorily Motivated

When one becomes motivated to do anything except their homework.

I have a paper due tomorrow but I was procrastinatorily motivated to clean my room.

by D Low2081 March 8, 2011

Lust Motivation

The sudden motivation injection you have when you meet someone you really like and want to impress.

My lust motivation is so high right now, I'm at the gym everyday!

by otasha August 12, 2011

Retard Motivation

The limitless determination errupted oftenly in mentaly-disabled/arrogent people when they really want to do something that would be normally considered frivolous, impossible, or even murderous, depending on the initiative of the person using it.

"Dude, I over at my friends house when he got really drunk and tried to fly down the stairs like superman"

"Yeah, he gets some retard motivation when he gets really sloshed"

by [e-mail] February 11, 2012

food motivated

When you are willing to do something, you would not otherwise do, if food is involved. Primarily the food is free.

"I've gotta go to this stupid work thing. I wouldn't go but there's food, so I'm going cause I'm food motivated."

by TheMonger May 3, 2007

motivated reasoning

Working backwards in logic, disregarding the facts in order to support an erroneous conclusion. Motivated reasoning is in contrast to logical reasoning.

I know you're telling me the fact that Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with 9/11, but my motivated reasoning tells me he did.

We invaded Iraq because of 9/11. What we did in Iraq was right. Saddam Hussein was involved in plotting 9/11.

by bronco-the-man August 31, 2009

motivation

A reason why employees across the world don't work any harder. If somebody works as hard as they can, they don't get paid another dime. It's a problem of motivation.

Peter Gibbons: The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.

Bob Porter: Don't... don't care?

Peter Gibbons: It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime, so where's the motivation?

by Office Space Rules December 3, 2009