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lastminutitis

lastminutitis noun: the tendency to leave the completion of tasks to the last minute.

Noun

lastminutitis (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The tendency to leave the completion of tasks to the last minute.
    • Alastair Campbell described lastminutitis at conference, with Tony Blair storming around shouting “Where’s the fucking speech?”2015 October 5, Simon Lancaster, “In need of a perfect conference speech, David Cameron? Here’s the recipe”, in The Guardian

Origin of lastminutitis

From last minute + -itis.

Questions about lastminutitis

What does lastminutitis mean?
Lastminutitis means the tendency to leave the completion of tasks to the last minute.
What part of speech is lastminutitis?
Lastminutitis is a noun.

Words near lastminutitis in the dictionary

  1. lastly
  2. lastmaker
  3. lastmakers
  4. lastmaking
  5. lastminute.com
  6. lastminutitis
  7. lastness
  8. lastol
  9. Lastovo
  10. Lastra
  11. Lastrade

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