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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Hate Sink

A person you hate intensely not because they deserve such hatred but because they serve as a focus for your general hatred. A healthy way to dispense with excess animosity.

Jake's not really that big an asshole. He just serves as my hate sink.

Hate Sink by The great prophet Zarquon August 7, 2016

Word of the Day on July 26, 2026

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funiosity

The art of being peculiar, but in an amusing fashion.

"Wow, look at that dog running on three legs"
- "Yeah, that sure is a funiosity"

funiosity by Supersonic Stevie November 23, 2007

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Toe Rag

A toe rag was originally a foot wrapping used, since mediaeval times up until the mid-nineteenth century, to protect the foot from chafing by boots or shoes. As these were, quite literally, rags they weren’t usually washed, and so with use they became very smelly until they were thrown away. Because of the similarity in smell, toe rag also became the name applied to dried, salted cod or other things with a strong, unpleasant, fishy smell. It didn’t take that long before the name was applied to someone who was an obnoxious, unpleasant OIC.

1 “Socks! Those aren’t socks you smelly git, they’re toe rags!”
2 “What have you been cooking? Smells like toe rag!”
3 “I can smell ‘er fanny from ‘ere, proper toe rag.”
4 That Heale Malcolm is a right toe rag.

Toe Rag by AKACroatalin November 29, 2016

Word of the Day on July 24, 2026

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