The Dutchman's Curse is any sentence that starts with "It's just a matter of...", "It should be working...", or something similar, implying that it will take no time to complete at all, but in reality always turns into being a lot more work.
Supervisor - It's just a matter of copying that line of code into this file.
-- 5 hours later --
Employee - I'm still working on it since I had to rewrite the file to get that line of code to work. Stupid Dutchman's Curse.
-- 5 hours later --
Employee - I'm still working on it since I had to rewrite the file to get that line of code to work. Stupid Dutchman's Curse.
by tilespace October 4, 2010

by threebysix October 1, 2022

A turd that never fully flushed down, and instead was left floating in the bowl like a dead man in the water.
by 16wshouse March 20, 2016

When you and the boys find a rope swing on the side of the lake but you gotta take a fat shit so you wait until the swing reaches its climax to let it out
by The little dingler man August 31, 2025

A Sloppy Dutchman is a reward for a job well done - the do-gooder receives a blowy from a lad from Holland. Upon completion, said Dutch lad spits a blend of spooge and dip spit into a wooden shoe.
by MarcoPolo-original August 18, 2024

by Benza2023 October 10, 2023

by Yumbum26 May 8, 2019
