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cryocrastinate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /kɹaɪ.oʊˈkɹæs.tɪ.neɪt/

Etymology

Blend of cryonics + procrastinate.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, neologism) To put off making arrangements of having one's body cryopreserved upon old age.
   • Why do people cryocrastinate? The most common explanation I’ve heard from intelligent people for not getting cryonics is that the money is better spent on some altruistic cause. 2009 July 22, AndrewH, “An observation on cryocrastination”, in lesswrong.com, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2024:
   • Longterm discounts help to some extent but do nothing to encourage younger members to join rather than to cryocrastinate. 2020, Michael Benjamin, Jerry D. Leaf, Max More, R. Michael Perry, “How to Sustain an Organization for Over a Century”, in Cryonics, volume 41, number 3, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2024, page 14:
   • […] so in cryonics when you delay signing up for your membership we call it 'cryocrastinate.' 2022 April 19, Peter Ward, quoting Patrick Harris, “How To Pay For a Second Life” (chapter 4), in The Price of Immortality, United Kingdom: Melville House Publishing, →ISBN, page 70:

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