procrasturbation

A chore, long-avoided and low in priority, which one finds oneself doing in
order to avoid a more important and imminent task. Example: The dwindling
hours of April 15, with the (U.S.) tax forms sitting on the desk untouched, is
the time to re-grout the bathtub.
anonymous
Origin: [rejected from Wiktionary]
5/2005

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