Profaffinating

The art or skill of professionally waisting time.

Chiefly UK English.

An amalgamation of pro + faff

Somewhat akin to procrastinating, instead of thinking it would relate to waisting time.

For example. When leaving your house, then returning to collect your phone, then leaving again to return to pick up an umbrella.

Sorry we're late we were profaffinating.

Yesterday i profaffinated for so long i missed the last bus.

You deserve a gold medal for time spent profaffinating

Profaffinating by bobadigilatis November 19, 2018

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PROCAFFEINATING

The tendency to not start anything until you've had a cup of coffee.

Dude where have you been the two days?
I was procaffeinating going to the shop, but I was out of coffee.

PROCAFFEINATING by Raichev February 17, 2018

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procaffenating

(n.) The tendency not to start anything until you've had a cup of coffee.

I am procaffenating with my project starts until I am shaking and twitching.

procaffenating by Argonator February 4, 2016

Word of the Day on February 25, 2016

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profactinating

A form of procrastination whereby you look up random facts on the internet and share them with your friends to pass the time.

"I should've been doing my essay for the last 2 hours, and i'm just sitting here profactinating"

profactinating by jern December 5, 2013

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Stealthie

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.

FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"

Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016

Word of the Day on May 25, 2026

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Summer Teeth

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.

Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...

Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012

Word of the Day on May 24, 2026

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Grindset

The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.

“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”

Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026

Word of the Day on May 23, 2026

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