cryocrastinate

Syllables: cry·o·cras·ti·nate/kɹaɪ.oʊˈkɹæs.tɪ.neɪt/

cryocrastinate verb: to put off making arrangements of having one's body cryopreserved upon old age.

Verb

cryocrastinate (third-person singular simple present cryocrastinates, present participle cryocrastinating, simple past and past participle cryocrastinated)

(intransitive, neologism) To put off making arrangements of having one's body cryopreserved upon old age.
- Longterm discounts help to some extent but do nothing to encourage younger members to join rather than to cryocrastinate.2020, Michael Benjamin, Jerry D. Leaf, Max More, R. Michael Perry, “How to Sustain an Organization for Over a Century”, in Cryonics, volume 41, number 3, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2024...
- […] so in cryonics when you delay signing up for your membership we call it 'cryocrastinate.'2022 April 19, Peter Ward, quoting Patrick Harris, “How To Pay For a Second Life” (chapter 4), in The Price of Immortality, United Kingdom: Melville House Publishing, →ISBN, page 70

third-person singular present	cryocrastinates
present participle	cryocrastinating
past participle	cryocrastinated
past	cryocrastinated

Blend of cryonics + procrastinate.

What does cryocrastinate mean?: Cryocrastinate means to put off making arrangements of having one's body cryopreserved upon old age.
What part of speech is cryocrastinate?: Cryocrastinate is a verb.
How do you pronounce cryocrastinate?: Cryocrastinate is pronounced /kɹaɪ.oʊˈkɹæs.tɪ.neɪt/.
What is the past tense of cryocrastinate?: The past tense of cryocrastinate is cryocrastinated.

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