Tuesday, December 4, 2007

And the word of the day is...



PROCRASTINATE

OOOOO! AHHHH! **applause** whistle**


Dictionary.com:


pro·cras·ti·nate (prō-krās'tə-nāt', prə-)


–verb (used without object)
1.
to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.


–verb (used with object)
2.
to put off till another day or time; defer; delay.


[Origin: 1580–90; <>pro-1 + -crāstināre, deriv. of crāstinus of tomorrow; crās tomorrow + -tinus suffix forming adjs. from temporal advs.); see -ate1]


—Related forms
pro·cras·ti·nat·ing·ly, pro·cras·ti·na·tive·ly, adverb
pro·cras·ti·na·tion, noun
pro·cras·ti·na·tive, pro·cras·ti·na·to·ry /proʊˈkræstənəˌtɔri, -ˌtoʊri, prə-/ Pronunciation Key - [proh-kras-tuh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, pruh-] adjective
pro·cras·ti·na·tive·ness, noun
pro·cras·ti·na·tor, noun
—Synonyms 2. prolong, postpone.



Procrastinativeness is a cool word. I just can't say it fast. Pro-cras-ti-native-ness. Try it! Statistics is also a hard word for me to say quickly.


American Heritage definition:


pro·cras·ti·nate (prō-krās'tə-nāt', prə-)

v. pro·cras·ti·nat·ed, pro·cras·ti·nat·ing, pro·cras·ti·nates


v. intr. To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.


That's a little critical, don't cha think, A.H.? Don't judge me!


Procrastinate around the world!


Arabic:يُماطِل، يُسَوِّف
Chinese (Simplified):拖延,延迟,耽搁
Chinese (Traditional):拖延,延遲,耽擱
Czech:otálet, odkládat
Danish:udskyde
Dutch:talmen, uitstellen
Estonian:edasi lükkama, viivitama
Finnish:vitkutella
French:remettre à plus tard
German:verzögern
Greek:χρονοτριβώ, αναβάλλω
Hungarian:halogat
Icelandic:fresta
Indonesian:menunda-nunda
Italian:procrastinare
Japanese:ぐずぐずする
Korean:지연시키다
Latvian:atlikt; novilcināt
Lithuanian:atidėlioti, vilkinti
Norwegian:utsette, somle (med)
Polish:odwlekać
Portuguese (Brazil):procrastinar, protelar
Portuguese (Portugal):protelar
Romanian:a amâna; a lăsa pe mai târziu
Russian:медлить; откладывать
Slovak:odkladať
Slovenian:odlašati
Spanish:aplazar una decisión, *tarea
Swedish:skjuta ngt framför sig
Turkish:bugünün işini yarına bırakmak, ertelemek


What? Get off my what? You get off yours!


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