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productinate

pro•duc•ti•nate
{proh-DUHK-tuh-neyt, pruh-}, IPA /proʊˈdəktəˌneɪt, prə-/
verb, -nat•ed, -nat•ing.


–verb (used without object)
1. to defer one action by performing another, less important or less timely action; delay by doing something somewhat productive: to productinate until the last minute.


–verb (used with object)
2. to put off one thing till another day or time by doing another, relatively less productive, but still productive nonetheless, thing; defer by means of performing a task of less priority; delay by doing something somewhat productive.


Origin:
Compound word from English procrastinate (verb) and productive (adjective), i.e. to productively procrastinate.


Related forms:
pro•duc•ti•nat•ing•ly, pro•duc•ti•nat•ive•ly, adverb


pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅tion, noun
pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅tive, pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅to⋅ry {proh-duhk-tuh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, pruh-}, IPA /proʊˈdəktənəˌtɔri, -ˌtoʊri, prə-/, adjective
pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅tive⋅ness, noun
pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅tor, noun
I productinated for my philosophy paper that's due tomorrow by paying my bills online for next month.

profastinated 

Delaying professional work of an important nature by doing other more mundane, yet professional work. Other forms of the word include profastination, profastinate.
I really didn't want to start that report, so I profastinated by checking my email and organizing my desk.
profastinated by Bruhaha January 28, 2008

productionate 

Procrastinating so hard you go back to being productive just to say you’re busy
I didn’t want to do my homework so bad I productionated

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