dead line 

Noun:

See deadline.

"Not wanting to miss out on the big discount coffin sale at the local morgue, Pete decided to speed rashly in order to beat the deadline, judging that even in the worst case scenario this would enable him to take advantage of the terrific one-time savings."

dead line by Joshua B. Wright April 7, 2004

Dead-line Dating 

When your in a relationship that has an end-date. Due to one person moving or any other possible reason.

I can't get too serious with her, we're dead-line dating.

Dead-line Dating by crashoverride87 August 9, 2008

The V family lineage and line are dead 

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The V family lineage and line are dead

The V family lineage and line are dead by InterpersonalCommunication February 21, 2025

Greek Deadline 

A hard deadline which absolutely, positively, must be met or the world will end. Or not. Whatever.

"In other news, another Greek deadline for resolving their fiscal crisis has come and gone. Finance ministers are now saying that the REAL deadline for resolving this crisis is in two weeks."

Greek Deadline by GG top March 16, 2012

Deadline 

A line drawn within or around a prison that a prisoner passes at the risk of being shot.

114563: Don't cross the deadline man. Warden Hanson will shoot you down.
483190: I have to escape. I can't stay in this hellhole any longer!

Deadline by Order 65 July 3, 2017

artificial deadline 

A random deadline to complete a task, which has no real world consequences. For example, your office sets Monday as the deadline on all canned food donations for charity , but the box just sits there until Friday, which is the actual day they planned on taking it to the food bank.

"Hey bro, did you get your weekly report done for the big boss? He needs it today!"

"Naaah, it's only Wednesday. Wednesday's an artificial deadline, because he doesn't even send those reports to corporate for another week."

artificial deadline by Mr. Bill III October 15, 2016

deadline 

Noun, Temporal:

Designates the approximate point in time at which work begins in earnest; employee motivation is frequently observed to be "dead" before the deadline draws near.

"Christ, it's the nearly deadline already?! Hey Pete, put down the controller my friend - it's time that we looked at these shuttle schematics."

deadline by Joshua B. Wright April 5, 2004