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the polite lie you tell a task while it quietly grows teeth.
means postponed to a later time, often indefinitely, with the implication that later is doing a lot of work.
from from latin differre, to carry apart or scatter, the same root as defer and different — postponing something has always been a way of making it not quite the same problem anymore.
finance meaningdeferred payment: buy now, panic later
tax termdeferred tax delays payment, not the bill
grammar cousindiffer and defer share one latin parent
psychology linkdeferred gratification predicts long-term success