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

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Entry from August 28, 2013
Procrasturbate (procrastinate + masturbate)

“Procrasturbate” (procrastinate + masturbate) is to procrastinate by masturbating; a similar term is “jerking off.” “I’ve always thought ‘procrasturbation’ deserved dictionary space” was cited in print in July 1996. “Tired of PROCRASTURBATING?” was cited on January 9, 1997. “New word: procrasturbate” was cited on January 14, 1997.
 
“Procrasturbating” was the Urban Dictionary’s Urban Word of the Day on October 16, 2009.
 
   
Wiktionary: procrasturbate
Etymology
Blend of procrastinate and masturbate
Verb
procrasturbate
(third-person singular simple present procrasturbates, present participle procrasturbating, simple past and past participle procrasturbated)
1.To procrastinate by masturbating.
 
Google Groups: alt.peeves
Confederacy of the Clueless
M Birkeland  
7/23/96
(...)
I’ve always thought ‘procrasturbation’ deserved dictionary space.
 
Google Groups: alt.sex.masturbation
From: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (Joe McGillicuddy)
Subject: Tired of PROCRASTURBATING?
Date: 1997/01/09
Message-ID:

#1/1
X-Deja-AN: 208876297
organization: Envista
newsgroups: alt.sex.masturbation
 
If procrasturbation is interfering with your ability to work or study, check out http:/www.msn.com/~jmcgill/procrasturbation/anonymous.html
 
Google Groups: misc.education.language.english
New word: procrasturbate
Henry Pelletier  
1/14/97
 
Urban Dictionary
procrasturbation
(noun) the act of getting pleasure out of procrastinating
I spent so much time procrasturbating that I never even did my essay.
by Pete Nov 2, 2002
 
New York (NY) Times
BOLDFACE NAMES
By Joyce Wadler
Published: January 14, 2003
(...)
Those self-involved afternoon activities that are the bane of the self-employed?
 
A friend has a name for it, Mr. Kaufman (Charlie Kaufman, a screenwriter—ed.) said: ‘‘Procrasturbation.’‘
 
Urban Dictionary
Procrasturbating
October 16, 2009 Urban Word of the Day
Using masturbation to otherwise occupy yourself while pressing matters await.
I had a paper due today, but I spent all night procrasturbating, so fuck that noise.
by The Middle Man Jan 29, 2003
 
Urban Dictionary
procrasturbate  
When you are supposed to be studying or doing important work but instead you are masturbating.
John: So, did you get your work done today?
Ralph: Nah, it was hard to get started so I mostly procrasturbated all day.

by blazin’ heavy Aug 19, 2004
 
procrasturbate
(v) To waste time pleasuring oneself.
Background: Term coined by Bernard Bangwanger to accurately describe his daily activities.
Having nothing else to do, Bernard decided to procrasturbate until he passed out.
by Branden Hart Oct 20, 2004
 
Google Books
Tyrannosaurus Lex:
The Marvelous Book of Palindromes, Anagrams, and Other Delightful and Outrageous Wordplay

By Rod L. Evans, Ph.D
New York, NY: A Perigee Book (Penguin Books)
2012
Pg. ?:
procrasturbate = procrastinate + masturbate (to waste time by masturbating)

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