lastminutitis
English
Etymology
last minute + -itis
Noun
lastminutitis (uncountable)
- (informal) The tendency to leave the completion of tasks to the last minute
- 2015 October 5, Simon Lancaster, “In need of a perfect conference speech, David Cameron? Here’s the recipe”, in The Guardian:
- Alastair Campbell described lastminutitis at conference, with Tony Blair storming around shouting “Where’s the fucking speech?”
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