Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Definitions

Slacker ('slak ur) noun
1. a person who evades his or her work; shirker
2. an esp. educated young person who is antimaterialistic, purposeless, apathetic, and usually works in a dead-end job.
see also blogger tarapaper

Lazy ('lay zee) adjective
1. averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent
2. slow-moving; sluggish
synonyms: 1. slothful, idle 2. inert, inactive, torpid, tarapaper

Procrastination (pro 'crass tin a shun) noun
1. to defer action; delay
2. to put off til another time or day

Justification ('ju stiff i kay shun) noun
1. a statement in explanation of some action or belief
2. the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning
example: I am too busy to blog.

Repentance (ree 'pen tins) noun
1. deep sorrow, compunction, or contrition for a past sin, wrongdoing, or the like
2. regret for any past action
3. an attempt to change behavior in order to correct and prevent serious gaps in blogging activity


Why all the definitions? . . . oh, come on, you're smarter than that.

*Special thanks to Dictionary.com for definitive help with this post.

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