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Catch 44

A catch-44 is a situation where funding and support is said to be available from government bodies however defining eligibility for the funding and how to properly articulate the application restricts access by those that most require it.

The term was coined by Hayden Stowell in 2015 in his frustration to establish eligibility for research and development funding from Callaghan Innovation, a Crown entity of New Zealand with the task of making New Zealand business more innovative.

This dilemma further exasperated the fast growing indigenous māori tech start-up community with other Crown entities following suit with confusing and poorly articulated application questionnaires combined with frustratingly inefficient systems to qualify and process submitted applications.

Although conceived in jest based on the paradoxical Catch 22 phrase, the seriousness and frequency of similar dilemma’s saw the phrase become widely adopted in other parts of the world. Catch 44 is now a widely used phrase to describe any situation where funding or valuable contracts have been promoted by either the government or public sectors, however securing them seems virtually un-achievable to all but a very select few for the reasons mentioned above.
"The state government constantly says how there is significant funding available for projects such as ours. The catch 44 is that it is virtually impossible to secure due to how complicated the application process is."
by Liddle_Razkal July 16, 2018
mugGet the Catch 44mug.

catch me if you can

a nicer way of telling someone, " stop being a stupid porchdog and at least try to give me a decent counter argument"
When you say catch me if you can to someone, you can't be considered a pundit because you'd know that what you said is true, it's on the other person to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they are indeed not a porchdog.
by Sexydimma October 2, 2016
mugGet the catch me if you canmug.

Catching clouds

when you hit your homies vape and it hits the back of your throat wrong causing you to cough and really feel that shit in the back of your throat and it will stick there even after drinking water.
im not referring to spitting so the term catching clouds was created to explain this problem but was shortened to catch or caught.
person 1. Awe dude my throats killing me it didn't spit, i think i caught that.

Person 2. Yeahh you be catching clouds son
by D4z1b013000 May 18, 2022
mugGet the Catching cloudsmug.

catch those z's

I'll check you later. I'm about to go catch those z's.
by pinkpjs0624 April 12, 2011
mugGet the catch those z'smug.

Catch Kill

To have sex, most commonly used with someone not your partner.
Tyrice: Aye man I'm finna to catch kill on this lil' situation/
Jay: Aii man, peace.
by Shattered_x July 23, 2019
mugGet the Catch Killmug.

catch your feet

Exactly how it sounds, the equivalent of saying "Don't trip", basically stop yourself from digging yourself into a deeper hole. Stop asking or worrying about something.
Guy: I'll ask her when the last time she got checked was
Guy2: Catch your feet dude shes going to get pissed if you keep asking her shit like that.
by G.Moneee April 30, 2009
mugGet the catch your feetmug.

catch and release

when you dump your load in a whore's mouth and she proceeds to spit it out all over your cock or in the bathroom sink.
yo man I had this thot over Saturday night and she sucked my hanger so good I blew my load right in her mouth...but then she pulled the catch and release and spit it out in the sink.
by ballbat November 15, 2016
mugGet the catch and releasemug.

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