cryocrastinate

English

Etymology

Blend of cryonics +‎ procrastinate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹaɪ.oʊˈkɹæs.tɪ.neɪt/
• Hyphenation: cry‧o‧cras‧ti‧nate

Verb

cryocrastinate (third-person singular simple present cryocrastinates, present participle cryocrastinating, simple past and past participle cryocrastinated)

1. (intransitive, neologism) To put off making arrangements of having one's body cryopreserved upon old age.
   • 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, page 14:

     Longterm discounts help to some extent but do nothing to encourage younger members to join rather than to 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:

     […] so in cryonics when you delay signing up for your membership we call it 'cryocrastinate.'

   • 2009 July 22, AndrewH, “An observation on cryocrastination”, in lesswrong.com‎, archived from the original on 21 January 2024:

     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.

Related terms

• cryocrastination