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procrastibaking

procrastibaking noun: the action of procrastinating by baking. Also the present participle and gerund of procrastibake.

Noun

procrastibaking (uncountable)

  1. The action of procrastinating by baking.
    • I am not suggesting that all change is for the worse. I was recently introduced to procrastibaking: a portmanteau word to describe the process of baking for the sole reason of avoiding other tasks. This seems far more like change we can believe in. Like the addition of foreign words to our language...18 May 2011, Julian Fernando, “Little gain in lazy English mangling”, in The Age
    • "I was recently teaching a class about the signs and symptoms of stress and burnout, and asked them to think about the 'red flags' in their lives that let them know when they were feeling stressed," writes Dr Jane Clark of Armidale. "One student told me that her red flag was when she started...1 September 2012, “Column 8”, in Sydney Morning Herald

Also used as

procrastibaking is also the present participle and gerund of procrastibake.

Examples of procrastibaking in a sentence

  • I was recently introduced to procrastibaking: a portmanteau word to describe the process of baking for the sole reason of avoiding other tasks.18 May 2011, Julian Fernando, “Little gain in lazy English mangling”, in The Age:
  • "One student told me that her red flag was when she started 'procrastibaking' - cooking dozens of scones and Anzac biscuits to avoid her assignments." Simone Chin is one such procrastibaker.1 September 2012, “Column 8”, in Sydney Morning Herald:

Origin of procrastibaking

Blend of procrastinating + baking.

Words formed from procrastibaking

Questions about procrastibaking

What does procrastibaking mean?
Procrastibaking means the action of procrastinating by baking.
How do you use procrastibaking in a sentence?
I was recently introduced to procrastibaking: a portmanteau word to describe the process of baking for the sole reason of avoiding other tasks.
What part of speech is procrastibaking?
Procrastibaking is a noun.

Words near procrastibaking in the dictionary

  1. procrastibake
  2. procrastibaked
  3. procrastibaker
  4. procrastibakers
  5. procrastibakes
  6. procrastibaking
  7. procrasticleaning
  8. procrastinate
  9. procrastinated
  10. procrastinates
  11. procrastinating

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