by ronker November 21, 2003
Get the procrastination mug.doing really well at not doing what you are supposed to do; procrastination. Typical for students skipping reading near exams by suddenly cleaning excessively or learning a skill that would be useful in an earlier era.
Student: Exams are coming up, have you read well lately?
Student 2: Nyaaa, I've learnt to speak basic Sami, scrubbed the walls, cleaned my computer and rewritten my CV.
Student: Fornication, you put the pro in procrastination.
Student 2: Nyaaa, I've learnt to speak basic Sami, scrubbed the walls, cleaned my computer and rewritten my CV.
Student: Fornication, you put the pro in procrastination.
by hreutz May 9, 2010
Get the pro in procrastination mug.(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!!
by Mariotol November 26, 2007
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Get the procrastinating 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.
Procrastination:
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. =)
by ChristaF March 4, 2010
Get the Procrastination mug.The ratio which defines how much procrastination a person is required to do before doing anything useful.
Varies from person to person.
Usually stated in the format procrastination:useful work.
Varies from person to person.
Usually stated in the format procrastination:useful work.
Guy #1: Have you sorted the smoke alarm yet?
Guy #2: Not yet, let me play a few more games of Robot Unicorn Attack first... I have about a 5-to-1 procrastination ratio.
Guy #1: So... Doing something useful takes you 6 times the amount of time it takes you toactually do the task?
Guy #2: You got it!
Guy #2: Not yet, let me play a few more games of Robot Unicorn Attack first... I have about a 5-to-1 procrastination ratio.
Guy #1: So... Doing something useful takes you 6 times the amount of time it takes you toactually do the task?
Guy #2: You got it!
by Nottel Inyu December 6, 2010
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