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lastminutitis en · NOUN

Etymology

From last minute + -itis.

Meanings

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