multicrastinating
pp. Procrastinating by performing multiple non-work tasks simultaneously.
Also Seen As
multi-crastinating
Other Forms
multicrastinate v.multicrastination n.multicrastinator n.
Etymology
multitasking + procrastinating
Examples
2015
It's a great day for working from home / multicrastinating.
—Kristie Hayden, “It's a great…,” Twitter, July 14, 2015
2015
“It’s great for multicrastinating.”
—Paul Noth, “It’s great for multicrastinating” (cartoon caption), The New Yorker, March 09, 2015
2013
But do we sometimes use "multitasking" to distract ourselves from what really needs to be done? In other words, do we become "multicrastinators?"…Well, with the New Year, why not make a resolution to make over your work technique to avoid "multicrastinating"?
—“Multi-tasking + Procrastination = Multi-crastination,” City Clerk Café, January 02, 2013
2009
I did end up getting the work done, but I had to do some multicrastinating on Chaski, Facebook, and email first.
—AlphaGeek, “Adjusting leadscrew backlash on G0484 (and siblings)” (reply), The Home Machinist!, October 20, 2009
2009 (earliest)
multicrastinating
performing several tasks or jobs simultaneously that get one no closer to actually completing the assigned task or job.
—Peter Tom, “multicrastinating,” Urban Dictionary, July 22, 2009
Posted: March 30, 2016