Wednesday, April 15, 2009

productinate (verb)

pro•duc•ti•nate [proh-DUHK-tuh-neyt, pruh-], IPA /proʊˈdəktəˌneɪt, prə-/
verb, -nat•ed, -nat•ing.


–verb (used without object)
1. to defer one action by performing another, less important or less timely action; delay by doing something somewhat productive: to productinate until the last minute.


–verb (used with object)
2. to put off one thing till another day or time by doing another, relatively less productive, but still productive nonetheless, thing; defer by means of performing a task of less priority; delay by doing something somewhat productive.


Origin:
Compound word from English procrastinate (verb) and productive (adjective), i.e. to productively procrastinate.


Related forms:
pro•duc•ti•nat•ing•ly, pro•duc•ti•nat•ive•ly, adverb


pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅tion, noun
pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅tive, pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅to⋅ry [proh-duhk-tuh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, pruh-], IPA /proʊˈdəktənəˌtɔri, -ˌtoʊri, prə-/, adjective
pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅tive⋅ness, noun
pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅tor, noun

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

-pants. (suffix)

Origins: Latin adjectival suffix -pantatus, -a, -um. First seen used in term intelligentiatatus, modern translation, "smarty-pants". (Often Roman poets, most notably Martial, would drop the "-pan" when using the suffix for metric purposes.)