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the art of deciding later, loudly, while pretending it was the plan all along.
means deferring a decision or action to a future point, often as a stalling tactic dressed up as strategy.
from from british slang for kicking a problem down the road like a football, itself borrowed from rugby and gridiron, where punting a ball is literally giving up field position to buy time.
sports originactual football teams punt on fourth down
corporate slangmeetings end in punts, not decisions
punt boatsunrelated flat boats, same lazy drifting energy
congress classicpunting deadlines is basically a governing style