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Instant gratification

Exactly what it means. Exactly what Instagram wants you to chase.
When you chase instant gratification, say thank you Sigmund Freud.

instant gratification monkey 

An imaginary term used to describe how a procrastinator avoid doing important tasks.

Often it is though of as whenever the rational decision maker wants to make a good choice like doing homework the monkey takes the wheel and makes the person procrastinate
Joe:hey don't you have a really important project due?
Henry:yea well my instant gratification monkey wants me to look through India through google earth!
Joe:well don't blame me I you end up flipping burgers for a living!

Instant Gratification Policing 

When law enforcement officers unreasonably require that their commands be followed immediately and without hesitation. Almost all police abuse and killings stem from this inability to be patient, deescalate, and just listen to people first.
Instant Gratification Policing can happen when police say: "Turn around!" or "Put your hands behind your back!" or "Get on your knees!"

Instant Grassification 

The feeling one gets the day that eight very tall pallets of SOD are so perfectly installed all around your yard that you now have a gorgeous lawn whereas the day before you had basically a pile of dirt.
Yesterday... a dust bowl. Today a luscious fairway of a lawn... Ahhhh.... the sweet sweet smell of INSTANT GRASSIFICATION......

Instant Gradification

A recent graduate who expects a top level position in a company upon hiring.
Armed with her degree and suffering from instant gradification, she emailed in her resume and awaited the job as VP of the company.
Instant Gradification by Jacqski August 12, 2012
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026