Productivastinating

(Verb) When you resort to doing chores or something productive besides what you should be doing. A productive procrastinating.

Background: I typically find myself doing laundry, the dishes, clipping my fingernails, and/or basically any chore or task that I wouldn't do any other time (like on a Saturday) other than the night before I have a project due or presentation to make.

I found myself productivastinating until 11pm the night before my midterm, but damn my apartment is spotless.

by Procrastination Pete March 9, 2010

preactive

Coined in the world of public relations, preactive refers to a statement issued that appears to react to something you know will be said by someone else, often a competitor. Can be used to take the sting out of a rival's expected announcement or 'coup'. Similar to pretaliate, but without the nastiness.

Knowing that regular customer Wyle E. Coyote was likely to slam himself into the face of a cliff, ACME issued a preactive statement at the same time they shipped his shoulder-mounted rocket-propelled grappling hook, warning people against the dangers of mis-using hi-tech products and tools.

by Reuben Tuesday November 4, 2008

Profuctive

Describes the feeling that even though you are busy, it is accomplishing nothing.

I have been running around all day, but I am only being profuctive.

by cowgirl10 March 1, 2009

productive procrastination

what your NOT doing right now!

do your homework you lazy ass

by preacher of the holy church of Sri May 4, 2004

reductive fallacy

One of the basic logical fallacies is the reductive fallacy, or in Latin, 'reductum ad absurdum'. Basically means taking a normal argument to such a far extreme (reducing it in an absurd manner) as an attempt to try to say it is wrong.

Note this is a logical fallacy. Just because one can think of some far out case.

Look man, if I give you $5 today then I'll have to give you $5 tomorrow, and then I'll be out $5 a day for the rest of my life.

by Nick November 6, 2003

Productive Procrastination

In order to avoid doing something you need to do, you do something else productive.

I use Productive Procrastination when I clean my room instead of starting an English paper.

by Jbodnar13 March 4, 2011

reductive fallacy

aka reductio ad absurdum - the premise that something impossible is actually true, and then proving it is ludicrous

All women have blonde hair, which is false when you present a woman with brunette or red hair

by Brian Colby November 6, 2003