A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from July 19, 2014
Procaffination (Procaffinate; Procaffinating)

“Procaffeination”/“Procaffination” (proscrastination + caffeine) is often defined as doing nothing until one has had one’s cup of coffee (full of caffeine). “Procaffeinating” has been printed on many images, and
“procaffinating” has been printed on many images.
 
“Procaffinating” was cited on Twitter on November 27, 2012.  “Procaffinate” was cited on Twitter on November 20, 2012. “Procaffination” was cited on Twitter on December 3, 2012.
 

 
   
Twitter
Fabulous40s
‏@TheFab40s
I procaffinating right now! 😉 http://fb.me/26bTuPbnp
9:50 AM - 27 Nov 2012
 
Twitter
David Morgan Dabney
‏@RavenCat13
I procaffinate regularly… like… right now… http://fb.me/1CWBUCCGM
7:26 AM - 30 Nov 2012
 
Twitter
Whitney Greer
‏@whitneyellen_
It’s not called procrastination if you’re drinking coffee…it’s called procaffination and it’s totally healthy
8:48 PM - 3 Dec 2012
 
Twitter
Starlightcrow
‏@starlightcrow
Its not called procrastination if you’re drinking #Coffee it’s called “procaffination”... http://pinterest.com/pin/184436547211472500/
11:10 AM - 4 Dec 2012
 
Twitter
Armed N Dangerous
‏@ILamy7
Word of the day: Procaffinating pic.twitter.com/Vm9KQz8ENG
9:22 AM - 23 Mar 2013
(“Procaffinating: drinking coffee while proscrastinating.”—ed.)
   
Zazzle
Procaffinating Funny Coffee Mug
“PROCAFFINATING—The tendency to not start anything until you’ve had a cup of coffee.”
Product ID: 168918017571547523
Designed on 06/06/2013 10:35 AM
 
Urban Dictionary
procaffinate
To sit around and drink coffee instead of getting things done. Can be done while reading or watching TV.
I had fifty things I needed to do, but instead I just sat around and procaffinated with a book and my favorite mug.
by Captain Nimbus September 02, 2013
     
Twitter
ThreadSence
@ThreadSence
Procaffinating: the tendency to not start anything until you’ve had a cup of coffee.
12:42 PM · Nov 6, 2013·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Susie Roberts
@susieqrob
Procaffinating…The tendency to not start anything until you’ve had a cup of coffee….☕️
7:55 AM · Nov 8, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
HR Coffee Bar
@HRCoffeebar
PROCAFFEINATING: The tendency not to start anything until after you’ve had a cup of coffee
9:02 AM · Jan 4, 2014·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Caitlin Alexander, PT, DPT, CAFS
@caitalexander
Procaffeinating: The tendency to not start anything until you’ve had a cup of coffee.
12:31 AM · Jan 11, 2014 from Manhattan, NY·Twitter for iPhone
 
Urban Dictionary
procaffination
The inability to make a decision until you’ve had a cup of coffee.
Make me a coffe I’m flawed by procaffination today.
by Rikstir February 05, 2014
 
Urban Dictionary
procaffeinated
To delay or postpone action;
Put off doing something till you have had coffee!
I procaffeinated this morning before cleaning the house.
by fyregoose! March 16, 2014
       
Urban Dictionary
procaffeinate
(v.) To delay or postpone action; put off doing something until you’ve had coffee.
I put the ‘pro’ in procaffeinate.
by LostBumblebee July 21, 2014
   
Reddit—Funny
Posted by u/mv6117 June 22, 2015
ProCAFFinating
imgur.com/WwRyEO…
(“PROCAFFINATING: the tendency not to start anything until you’ve had a cup of coffee” is shown on a blackboard sign.—ed.)
   
Reddit—GeekyCulture
Posted by u/sixalarm February 5, 2016
T-Shirts & Apparel : Procaffeinating Ladies’ Tee - Exclusive
thinkgeek.com/produc…
(“PROCAFFEINATING: (n) The tendency not to start anything until you’ve had a cup of coffee” is shown on a T-shirt.—ed.)
 
Urban Dictionary
PROCAFFEINATING
The tendency to not start anything until you’ve had a cup of coffee.
Dude where have you been the two days?
I was procaffeinating going to the shop, but I was out of coffee.

by Raichev February 18, 2018
 
Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
PROCAFFEINATING
(n) the tendency to not start anything until you’ve had a coffee.
6:13 PM · Jul 15, 2022·Twitter Web App

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